Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates - Tecan

  • Fast prototyping
  • Higher electrical and thermal conductivity
  • Cost-efficient industrial manufacturing
  • Complex design flexibility
  • Double-sided etching to optimise surface area

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Tecan bipolar fuel cell plates are high precision metallic fuel plates designed for sustainable energy solutions. They are used in fuel cells to convert chemical potential energy into electrical energy, enabling the generation of electricity and warmth for transportation and residential buildings. These plates are essential for hydrogen fuel cells, offering superior properties such as high electrical and thermal conductivity, cost-efficiency, and complex design flexibility. They are manufactured using chemical etching, ensuring structural integrity, low manufacturing costs, and resistance to rust.

Use Cases

  • Powering transportation vehicles such as cars and trains
  • Generating electricity and warmth for the heating of residential buildings
  • Use in larger vehicles such as buses, trains, aeroplanes and cargo transport ships

Capabilities

  • High-precision metallic bipolar plates manufactured via chemical etching, enabling tight positional tolerances (down to 25 µm true position)
  • Support for complex flow-field designs and thin plate geometries through double-sided etching
  • Compatibility with PEM fuel cell stack architectures through bipolar plate functionality (gas distribution, electrical conduction, heat removal)
  • Multi-material capability including stainless steel, nickel, aluminium, and optional coatings (e.g., titanium, PVD)
Tecan Ltd Tecan Ltd is a manufacturing company specializing in precision-etched and formed metal components for fuel cells and electrolyzers. The company generally operates upstream of complete system integrators, supplying engineered materials or precision components whose chemical, mechanical, electrical, sealing, surface, or transport properties are specified for use inside larger industrial equipment. The business is specification-driven and B2B, with materials or components selected according to the performance requirements of the customer’s finished hydrogen equipment and then manufactured or processed to the required form. In hydrogen, the company’s role is tied to the specific material or component applications described in its portfolio, where compatibility with hydrogen and the operating environment can affect durability, permeability, conductivity, corrosion behavior, sealing, or structural performance. Its capabilities are suited to thin metallic bipolar plates, flow fields, meshes, and other repeatable electrochemical stack parts. The company supports prototype through volume production using photochemical etching, forming, and associated finishing processes. Within the hydrogen value chain, Tecan Ltd therefore operates mainly as a specialist material or component supplier to OEMs, stack manufacturers, pressure-system manufacturers, plant builders, and other companies producing hydrogen equipment.

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