Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090162717 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell having a capability of making uniform a water distribution in an in-plane direction of a polymer electrolyte membrane and supplying a reactive gas to an air electrode catalyst layer efficiently is provided. The fuel cell of the present invention has a polymer electrolyte membrane, a pair of catalyst electrodes, and a pair of metal separators. An air electrode separator has an oxidizing gas flow channel used to supply an oxidizing gas to the catalyst electrodes. The oxidizing gas flow channel is formed in such a manner that a flow channel near an oxidizing gas supply manifold and a flow channel near an oxidizing gas exhaust manifold are adjacent to each other in the same plane, and is formed in an S-shaped or spiral pattern. | 06-25-2009 |
20090246586 | FILM ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL, POLYMER ELECTROLYTIC CELL FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER ELECTROLYTIC FUEL CELL AND FILM ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - There is provided a film electrode assembly for a fuel cell capable of preventing a polymer electrolyte film from being exposed. The film electrode assembly includes: a main body portion of a film electrode assembly having a polymer electrolyte film, and a pair of electrode layers having catalyst layers placed on the two surfaces of the polymer electrolyte film on the inner side from the peripheral edge portion thereof and diffusion layers each having a peripheral edge protruding from the catalyst layer, which are laminated on one another, with a gap being formed between the protruding portion of the diffusion layer and the peripheral edge portion of the polymer electrolyte film; a frame member that sandwiches the peripheral edge portion of the polymer electrolyte film between the paired electrode layers with a gap therebetween, and is formed so as to surround an outer edge of the polymer electrolyte film; and gaskets made of a thermoplastic resin, which are placed on the two surfaces of the frame member. Each gasket includes an annular portion that covers the peripheral edge portion of the main body portion of the film electrode assembly over the entire circumference thereof along the inner edge of the frame member and a gap filling portion that fills the gap. | 10-01-2009 |
20100202938 | FUEL TREATMENT DEVICE - The present invention provides a fuel treatment device which can realize easy separation and collection of a catalyst contained in the device. In a fuel treatment device ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100221637 | FILM ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - Provided is a film electrode assembly which can acquire unique information on a film electrode assembly even from the film electrode assembly alone. The film electrode assembly includes: a polymer electrolyte film; a pair of catalyst electrodes formed by a fuel pole and an air pole arranged to sandwich the polymer electrolyte film; and a unique information unit which contains unique information on the film electrode assembly. The unique information includes information on a catalyst composition of the catalyst electrode. More specifically, the unique information may be a content of Pt contained in the catalyst electrode. | 09-02-2010 |
20130216939 | SEPARATOR FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - A separator for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which contains electrically conductive carbon and a binder that binds the electrically conductive carbon, comprises a reaction gas passage formed on at least a main surface thereof, wherein a water droplet falling angle of a surface the reaction gas passage is not less than 5 degrees and not more than 25 degrees when a water droplet of not less than 50 μL and not more than 80 μL is dropped under a condition in which ambient temperature is not lower than 50° C. and not higher than 90° C. and relative humidity is not less than 70% and not more than 100%. | 08-22-2013 |