2016-08-242016-08-242008-04-29http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72584A low cost method of fabricating bipolar plates for use in fuel cells utilizes a wet lay process for combining graphite particles, thermoplastic fibers, and reinforcing fibers to produce a plurality of formable sheets. The formable sheets are then molded into a bipolar plates with features impressed therein via the molding process. The bipolar plates formed by the process have conductivity in excess of 150 S/cm and have sufficient mechanical strength to be used in fuel cells. The bipolar plates can be formed as a skin/core laminate where a second polymer material is used on the skin surface which provides for enhanced conductivity, chemical resistance, and resistance to gas permeation.application/pdfen-USPatenthttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/21/651/073/0.pdf10779804205/344427/115429/514429/518524/494524/495C08K7/027365121