Structural and electrical properties of Ni and Ni-Co nanowires synthesized by electrodeposition in anodic alumina templates

Study of different aluminum alloy substrates coated with Ni–Co–P as metallic bipolar plates for PEM fuel cell applications

“…This good result at coated AA1050 may be attributed to its increased electrical conductivity originated from the lowest Co:Ni weight ratio [2.57] in its NieCoeP coating among other coated substrates [see EDX elemental composition in Table 2]. Cheng et al [58] have studied the electrical properties of NieCo nanowires synthesized by electrodeposition in anodic alumina templates and concluded that the electrical resistivity of NieCo binary alloy increased with the addition of more cobalt content into NieCo nanowires. This is also evident in other coated aluminum substrates where ICR values were arranged in a descending order with decreasing Co:Ni content in the formed coating as follows: NieCoeP/AA3004 [209.…”