Fuel cell stack and method of pressing together the same
US5736269A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fuel cell stack having unit cells and separators, in which each unit cell comprises a solid polymer electrolyte membrane having a pair of electrode catalysts attached on both surfaces, and a pair of collectors, each made of a rigid body, being in contact with respective electrode catalysts, and each of the separators comprises a pair of pressure generating plates defining therebetween a pressure chamber to which a pressurized fluid is introduced, the pressure generating plates being deformed by the pressurized fluid and pressed against the adjacent respective collectors.
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