Bipolar plates (BPs) are a major component of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). BPs play a multifunctional character within a PEMFC stack. It is one of the most costly and critical part of the fuel cell, and hence the development of efficient and cost-effective BPs is of much interest for the fabrication of next-generation PEMFCs in future. Owing to high electrical conductivity and chemical inertness, graphene is an ideal candidate to be utilized in BPs. This paper reviews recent advances in the area of graphene-based BPs for PEMFC applications. Various aspects including the momentous functions of BPs in the PEMFC, favorable features of graphene-based BPs, performance evaluation of various reported BPs with their advantages and disadvantages, challenges at commercial level products and future prospects of frontier research in this direction are extensively documented.

双极板（BP）是聚合物电解质膜燃料电池（PEMFC）的主要成分。BP在PEMFC堆栈中扮演多功能角色。它是燃料电池中最昂贵，最关键的部分之一，因此，开发高效且具有成本效益的BP成为未来制造下一代PEMFC的关注点。由于高电导率和化学惰性，石墨烯是在BP中使用的理想候选材料。本文回顾了PEMFC应用中基于石墨烯的BP领域的最新进展。各个方面，包括PEMFC中BP的重要功能，基于石墨烯的BP的有利功能，各种报告的BP的性能评估及其优缺点，