REDUCTION OF ELECTROLYTE LOSS IN PEM FUEL CELL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system in which wicking of an electrolyte due to a bipolar plate is avoided.SOLUTION: The fuel cell system includes a first membrane-electrode assembly and a second membrane-electrode assembly. The fuel cell system further includes a bipolar plate provide...

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Hauptverfasser:	TANG JASON, SONG YANG, FAULKNER CHRISTOPHER, KABIR ZAKIUL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRICITY PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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Zusammenfassung:	PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell system in which wicking of an electrolyte due to a bipolar plate is avoided.SOLUTION: The fuel cell system includes a first membrane-electrode assembly and a second membrane-electrode assembly. The fuel cell system further includes a bipolar plate provided between the first membrane-electrode assembly and the second membrane-electrode assembly, and the bipolar plate includes a graphite layer and a surface energy adjustment layer.