TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The second coating material comprises silicon oxide, hafnium oxide, zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, tin oxide, tantalum oxide, niobium oxide, molybdenum oxide, iron oxide, ruthenium oxide, metastable oxynitrides, nonstoichiometric metal oxides, oxynitrides, and/or their derivatives including carbon chains or including carbon. The second coating material comprises nanoparticles having a size of 2-100 nm. The second coating material comprises nanoparticles comprising inorganic or organic materials, or nanoparticles comprising hydrophilic side chains. The second coating material comprises nanoparticles comprising 10-90 wt.% inorganic structures, 5-70 wt.% hydrophilic, and 0-50 wt.% organic side chains having a functional group. The second coating material comprises amino, sulfonate, sulfate, sulfite, sulfonamide, sulfoxide, carboxylate, polyol, polyether, phosphate, and/or phosphonate group. The second coating material comprises organic side chains having functional groups, where the functional groups of the organic side chains are epoxy, acryloxy, methacryloxy, glycidyloxy, allyl, vinyl, carboxyl, mercapto, hydroxyl, amide or amino, isocyano, hydroxy, or silanol groups. The second coating material comprises at least one Si-O group, at least one polar group and at least one group including a saturated or unsaturated carbon chain. The second coating material comprises a polar group comprising a hydroxyl, halide, carboxyl, ketonic and/or aldehyde functional groups. The second coating material comprises gold, silver, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, rare earth metals, their alloys, polymeric carbon or graphite. The second coating material comprises a Si-O group and an Si-R group, where the molar ratio of Si-R groups to Si-O groups is 3/8 to 1/2, preferably 1/4 to 1/2. The second coating material comprises a material derived from a siloxane. The second coating material is derived from a material having the formula: R2-Si(R1)(R3)-O-Si(R4)(R6)-R5.R=saturated or unsaturated carbon chain;R1-R6=H, O, Cl, or saturated or unsaturated carbon chain having 1-4C atoms.At least one of R1-R6 is a carbon chain with at least one carbon atom.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Process: A second coating material including negative functional groups is applied to the polyelectrolyte polymer adhered to the component so that the negative functional groups and the positive functional groups form an ionic bond. A hydrophilic coating is applied to the polyelectrolyte polymer, and where the hydrophilic coating includes negative functional groups. The process further comprises applying an aqueous solution comprising siloxane nanoparticles. A dispersion comprising nanoparticles is applied to the polyelectrolyte polymer adhered to the component. Preferred Components: The polyelectrolyte polymer includes cationic functional groups or anionic functional groups. The second coating material comprises at least one of copolymers of acrylamide and quaternary ammonium salts; polyamidoamine; polyallylamine hydrochlorides; epoxy based azo polymers or acrylic acid based azo polymers. The fuel cell component comprises a substrate comprising metal, polymeric material and/or electrically conductive composite material.