Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell stack
- Patent Title (中): 燃料电池堆
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Application No.: US11311276Application Date: 2005-12-20
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Publication No.: US07855026B2Publication Date: 2010-12-21
- Inventor: Toru Bisaka
- Applicant: Toru Bisaka
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2004-102984 20040331; JP2004-102991 20040331
- Main IPC: H01M8/24
- IPC: H01M8/24 ; H01M2/38 ; H01M8/04 ; H01M4/64

Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell stack with improved corrosion resistance of metal separators and reduced cost. To attain this object, the fuel cell stack according to the present invention has a cell stack constituted by stacking a prescribed number of unit cells obtained by sandwiching both surfaces of an electrolyte membrane between an anode and a cathode and sandwiching the outer sides thereof with a pair of metal separators, wherein the metal separator positioned on the plus side of the cell stack is subjected to surface treatment providing for relatively higher corrosion resistance than the metal separator positioned on the minus side of the cell stack. Cost reduction can be realized, while maintaining corrosion resistance comparable with that obtained in the case when all the separators are subjected to the anticorrosive surface treatment to the same degree.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060093889A1 Fuel cell stack Public/Granted day:2006-05-04
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