{"id":5291,"date":"2023-11-02T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/thermoformen-von-bipolarplatten-fuer-brennstoffzellen-projekt-thebipo-neu-gestartet\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T13:08:13","slug":"thermoforming-of-bipolar-plates-for-fuel-cells-thebipo-project-restarted","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/news\/thermoforming-of-bipolar-plates-for-fuel-cells-thebipo-project-restarted\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermoforming of bipolar plates for fuel cells - \"TheBiPo\" project restarted"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thermoforming of bipolar plates for fuel cells – “TheBiPo” project restarted<\/h2>\n
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Press release from 3rd of November 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In order to make fuel cells fit for\u00a0cost-effective mass production<\/b>, the ZBT – The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Center is investigating new, creative methods. The idea behind the recently launched\u00a0\u201eTheBiPo\u201c project is to extrude a film from a graphite-polymer compound and then thermoform it\u00a0into finished bipolar plates<\/b>.<\/p>\n

The thermoforming of electrically and thermally conductive plastic films offers the potential to significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of PEM fuel cells. Thermoforming allows particularly large and thin-walled components to be produced economically, which corresponds to the requirement profile for bipolar plates.<\/p>\n

Together with the\u00a0IKT – Institute for Plastics Technology<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0University of Stuttgart<\/a>, ZBT is developing the production of a thermoformed bipolar plate (BPP) from thermally and electrically conductive films for use in PEM fuel cells. In the process, a foil made of graphite-polymer compound is to be produced in a continuous process directly from the extruder melt via a slot die and a rolling mill and then transferred to the final component geometry in a subsequent thermoforming process.<\/p>\n

Above all, the definition of processing guidelines for the production of BPP by means of extrusion and thermoforming will benefit all relevant companies within the value chain. This means that a large potential user group of SMEs can benefit from the results of this project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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