JPH0821416B2 - Fuel cell - Google Patents
Fuel cellInfo
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- JPH0821416B2 JPH0821416B2 JP61145809A JP14580986A JPH0821416B2 JP H0821416 B2 JPH0821416 B2 JP H0821416B2 JP 61145809 A JP61145809 A JP 61145809A JP 14580986 A JP14580986 A JP 14580986A JP H0821416 B2 JPH0821416 B2 JP H0821416B2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
- H01M8/02—Details
- H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
- H01M8/0247—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the form
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
- H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
- H01M8/241—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells with solid or matrix-supported electrolytes
- H01M8/2418—Grouping by arranging unit cells in a plane
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
- H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
- H01M8/2465—Details of groupings of fuel cells
- H01M8/2484—Details of groupings of fuel cells characterised by external manifolds
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
- Y02E60/50—Fuel cells
Description
【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 この発明は、小型軽量でしかも出力電流と出力電圧を
任意に選べるような燃料電池に関するものである。Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a fuel cell which is small and lightweight, and whose output current and output voltage can be arbitrarily selected.
周知の通り、燃料電池は対向して配置された燃料電極
と酸化剤電極の間に電解質を保持した電解質マトリツク
スを介在させ、燃料電極および酸化剤電極にそれぞれ燃
料および酸化剤を供給して運転される一種の発電装置で
ある。As is well known, a fuel cell is operated by interposing an electrolyte matrix holding an electrolyte between a fuel electrode and an oxidant electrode, which are arranged opposite to each other, and supplying a fuel and an oxidant to the fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode, respectively. It is a kind of power generator.
燃料電池には、カルノーサイクルの制約がなく高い
効率が期待できる、電池作動温度に近い比較的高温の
有効利用が容易な廃熱が得られる、出力を変えても効
率はあまり変わらない、負荷変動に対する応答性に優
れているなどの利点があり、都市内もしくは都市近郊に
配電用変電所の規模で分配配置する、あるいは火力発電
所の代替発電装置とするなどの利用形態が考えられてい
る。Fuel cells can be expected to have high efficiency without the limitation of Carnot cycle, waste heat that can be effectively used at relatively high temperatures close to the cell operating temperature can be obtained, efficiency does not change much even if output is changed, load fluctuation It has advantages such as excellent responsiveness to, and it is considered to be used in such a manner that it is distributed and arranged at the scale of a distribution substation in the city or in the suburbs, or as an alternative power generation device for a thermal power plant.
燃料電池は用いられている電解質の種類によつて、ア
ルカリ型、リン酸型、溶融炭酸塩型などに分類され、こ
れらは燃料として水素やメタンなどの気体を使用する
が、この他に液体を燃料とするメタノール直接改良型な
どの燃料電池もある。Fuel cells are classified into alkaline type, phosphoric acid type, molten carbonate type, etc. according to the type of electrolyte used. These use gas such as hydrogen and methane as fuel, but other liquids are also used. There is also a fuel cell such as a direct improvement type of methanol as a fuel.
燃料電池の基本構成単位は単電池すなわちセルである
が、単電池の単子電圧は0.7V程度と小さいため、単電池
を数十ないし数百セル積層して集合電池を構成する。単
電池および集合電池の構成については米国特許第427635
5号において詳細に開示されている。The basic structural unit of a fuel cell is a unit cell, that is, a cell. However, since the unit cell voltage of a unit cell is as small as 0.7V, several tens to several hundreds of cells are stacked to form an assembled battery. See US Pat. No. 427635 for the construction of cells and batteries.
It is disclosed in detail in No. 5.
近年燃料電池の利用形態として自動車の動力源など小
規模での実用化も考えられているが、燃料電池は平方セ
ンチメートルあたり数百mAと高い電流が取り出せる反面
0.7V程度の低い電圧しか取り出せないという本質的な特
徴がある。これに対して小規模な用途からは逆に電流は
少なくてよいが、100ないし200V程度の高電圧が必要と
される。従つて、従来の燃料電池でこの様な用途に応じ
るためには面積が１〜100cm2程度の単電池を150ないし3
00セル積層する必要がある。In recent years, fuel cells have been considered to be put to practical use on a small scale such as the power source of automobiles, but fuel cells can output a high current of several hundred mA per square centimeter.
It has an essential feature that it can only take out a low voltage of about 0.7V. On the other hand, for small-scale applications, on the contrary, the current may be small, but a high voltage of about 100 to 200 V is required. Therefore, in order to meet such applications in conventional fuel cells, 150 to 3 unit cells with an area of 1 to 100 cm 2 are required.
It is necessary to stack 00 cells.
上記のような従来の燃料電池では、単セルあたり最低
５ミルメートル程度の厚さを有するので集合電池は1m以
上の高さになり、また四方にマニホールドを取り付けな
ければならないので、かなりの大きさと重量を伴う。従
つて、このような燃料電池の小規模での実用化は実現で
きていないという問題点があつた。In the conventional fuel cell as described above, since the unit cell has a minimum thickness of about 5 mil meters, the assembled cell has a height of 1 m or more, and the manifolds must be mounted on all four sides, which is considerably large. Accompanied by weight. Therefore, there has been a problem that such a fuel cell has not been put to practical use on a small scale.
この発明は、かかる問題点を解決するためになされた
もので、小型軽量でしかも出力電流と出力電圧を任意に
選べるような燃料電池を得ることを目的とする。The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a fuel cell which is small and lightweight, and whose output current and output voltage can be arbitrarily selected.
この発明に係る燃料電池は、電気絶縁性の基盤に複数
個の貫通穴を設け、これらの貫通孔に単電池をはめ込
み、基盤の上下面に上記複数個の貫通穴に配置された各
単電池に対応した数の対で構成され、対応する上記各単
電池の燃料電極および酸化剤電極とそれぞれ電気的に接
続される複数対の電流端子を有するガスマニホールドを
取り付けたものである。The fuel cell according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of through holes in an electrically insulating base, and unit cells are fitted into these through holes, and the unit cells are arranged in the plurality of through holes on the upper and lower surfaces of the base. A gas manifold having a plurality of pairs of current terminals electrically connected to the corresponding fuel electrode and oxidizer electrode of each of the unit cells.
この発明においては、１枚の基盤に複数個の単電池を
配置し、ガスマニホールドに設けた電流端子に接続した
ので、従来のようなガス分離板を用いた各セルごとの反
応ガスの供給が不要であり、基盤の表裏に燃料ガス及び
酸化剤ガスを流せばよく、また基盤上での単電池同士の
電気的接続が不要で単電池を直列にするか並列にする
か、などの組合せを電流端子以降の接続で任意に決定で
きるので軽量かつコンパクトで出力電流と出力電圧を任
意に選ぶことのできる燃料電池ができる。In the present invention, since a plurality of unit cells are arranged on one substrate and connected to the current terminals provided on the gas manifold, it is possible to supply a reaction gas for each cell using a gas separation plate as in the conventional case. It is not necessary, it suffices to let the fuel gas and the oxidant gas flow on the front and back of the board, and there is no need for electrical connection between the cells on the board, and the cells can be connected in series or in parallel. Since the connection after the current terminal can be arbitrarily determined, a lightweight and compact fuel cell capable of arbitrarily selecting the output current and the output voltage can be provided.
以下、この発明の一実施例を図について説明する。第
１図は断面図であり、（１）は電気絶縁性の基盤であつ
て、複数個の貫通穴が設けられている。（２）は燃料電
極、（３）はこの燃料電極（２）に隣接して設けられた
電解質保持マトリツクス、（４）はこの電解質保持マト
リツクス（３）に隣接して設けられた酸化剤電極であ
り、これら燃料電極（２）、電解質保持マトリツクス
（３）、および酸化剤電極（４）によつて単電池（５）
が構成され且つ上述した各貫通穴に配置される。（６）
は燃料ガスマニホールド、（７）は酸化剤ガスマニホー
ルド、（８）はガスマニホールドに取り付けられた電流
端子、（９）は集電金具、（10）は電流端子をガスマニ
ホールドに取り付ける為のパツキング材、（11）は燃料
ガス室、（12）は酸化剤ガス室である。An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view, and (1) shows an electrically insulating substrate provided with a plurality of through holes. (2) is a fuel electrode, (3) is an electrolyte retention matrix provided adjacent to the fuel electrode (2), and (4) is an oxidant electrode provided adjacent to the electrolyte retention matrix (3). Yes, the fuel cell (2), the electrolyte retention matrix (3), and the oxidant electrode (4) allow the unit cell (5)
And are arranged in the above-mentioned through holes. (6)
Is a fuel gas manifold, (7) is an oxidant gas manifold, (8) is a current terminal attached to the gas manifold, (9) is a current collector, and (10) is a packing material for attaching the current terminal to the gas manifold. , (11) is a fuel gas chamber, and (12) is an oxidant gas chamber.
第２図，第３図は単電池の拡大図を示すそれぞれ平面
図、および断面図である。これらの図で、（17）は基盤
（１）の突起部であり単電池を支持する為のものであ
る。第２図で六角形をした単電池の燃料電極（２）はガ
ス透気性の燃料電極基材（13）と燃料電極触媒層（14）
からなり、酸化剤電極（４）は酸化剤電極基材（16）と
酸化剤電極触媒層（15）からなることが第３図の断面図
で示されている。2 and 3 are a plan view and a sectional view, respectively, showing an enlarged view of the unit cell. In these figures, (17) is a protrusion of the substrate (1) for supporting the unit cell. The hexagonal unit cell fuel electrode (2) shown in FIG. 2 is a gas permeable fuel electrode substrate (13) and fuel electrode catalyst layer (14).
The cross section of FIG. 3 shows that the oxidizer electrode (4) is composed of the oxidizer electrode substrate (16) and the oxidizer electrode catalyst layer (15).
第４図，第５図は、それぞれ第２図，第３図の単電池
に燃料ガスマニホールドに設けられた電流端子を配設し
たものである。三本足の集電金具（９）は電流端子
（８）と燃料電極（２）との電気的接触を得る為のもの
であり、バネのような弾力性によつて、ガスマニホール
ド（６）と基盤（１）との間隔が多少変化した場合でも
電気的接触を保つことができ、また、電極（２）に圧力
を与えることによつて電池を基盤（１）に密着させる役
割をする。パツキング材（10）は電流端子（８）をガス
マニホールド（６）に支持すると為に燃料ガスが燃料ガ
ス室（11）からガスマニホールド（６）と電流端子
（８）とのすき間を通つて外部へ漏れるのを防ぐ。ま
た、ガスマニホールド（６）が電気絶縁体ではなく、金
属などで形成されている場合には電気絶縁の役割も果た
す。酸化剤電極への電流端子の配設も同様である。第１
図は３つの単電池を並設した所を示しているが、このよ
うに構成された燃料電池においては、燃料ガスを燃料ガ
ス室に流し、酸化剤ガスを酸化剤ガス室に流すことによ
つて、これらのガスの反応によつて生じた起電力は集電
金具（９），電流端子（10）を通じて取り出すことがで
きる。FIGS. 4 and 5 show the unit cells of FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively, provided with current terminals provided in the fuel gas manifold. The three-legged current collector (9) is for obtaining electrical contact between the current terminal (8) and the fuel electrode (2), and by the elasticity like a spring, the gas manifold (6). Even if the distance between the substrate and the substrate (1) is changed to some extent, electrical contact can be maintained, and by applying pressure to the electrode (2), the battery is brought into close contact with the substrate (1). Since the packing material (10) supports the current terminal (8) on the gas manifold (6), the fuel gas passes from the fuel gas chamber (11) to the outside through the gap between the gas manifold (6) and the current terminal (8). To prevent leakage. Further, when the gas manifold (6) is made of metal or the like instead of being an electrical insulator, it also plays a role of electrical insulation. The same applies to the arrangement of the current terminal on the oxidant electrode. First
The figure shows three cells arranged side by side. In a fuel cell constructed in this way, fuel gas is caused to flow into the fuel gas chamber and oxidant gas is caused to flow into the oxidant gas chamber. Then, the electromotive force generated by the reaction of these gases can be taken out through the current collector (9) and the current terminal (10).
第６図は基盤（１）に32個の単電池（５）を配設した
燃料電池の平面図であり、第７図は第６図の燃料電池の
燃料ガスマニホールドの平面図である。（19）は外部配
線と接続するための電流ソケツトであり、（18）は電流
端子（８）と電流ソケツトとをつなぐリード線である。
また、（20）は燃料ガスマニホールド（６）に設けられ
た燃料ガスの供給接続プラグ、（21）は同じく燃料ガス
マニホールド（６）に設けられた燃料ガスの排出プラグ
である。FIG. 6 is a plan view of a fuel cell in which 32 unit cells (5) are arranged on a substrate (1), and FIG. 7 is a plan view of a fuel gas manifold of the fuel cell of FIG. Reference numeral (19) is a current socket for connecting to an external wiring, and (18) is a lead wire connecting the current terminal (8) and the current socket.
Further, (20) is a fuel gas supply connection plug provided in the fuel gas manifold (6), and (21) is a fuel gas discharge plug also provided in the fuel gas manifold (6).
リード線（18）は第８図のようにガスマニホールド
（６）の外側に設けてもよく（22）、内側に設けてもよ
い（23）、また内蔵していてもよい。The lead wire (18) may be provided outside (22) the gas manifold (6) as shown in FIG. 8, may be provided inside (23), or may be incorporated therein.
また、ガスマニホールドが金属のような導電性のもの
であれば、第９図，第10図に示すようにアルミナやシリ
カのような絶縁物（24）を塗布した後にリード線を配設
するのがよい。また、第11図のようにガスマニホールド
（６）の外側からすでにリード線（25）の配設されたプ
リント基盤（26）を隣接させて電流端子（８）に接続さ
せてもよい。If the gas manifold is a conductive material such as metal, the lead wire should be placed after applying an insulator (24) such as alumina or silica as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. Is good. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11, the printed circuit board (26) on which the lead wire (25) is already arranged may be adjacent to and connected to the current terminal (8) from the outside of the gas manifold (6).
第７図ではリード線（18）は各単電池について電流ソ
ケツト（19）までプリントされており、電流ソケツト
（19）につながる外部配線での接続方法によつて、
（ａ）〜（ff）までの32個の単電池を並列でも直列でも
自由に選ぶことができる。従つて、任意の出力電圧，出
力電流を得ることができ用途に応じて外部配線で選択し
て決めることができる。In Fig. 7, the lead wire (18) is printed up to the current socket (19) for each cell, and according to the connection method with the external wiring connected to the current socket (19),
32 cells (a) to (ff) can be freely selected in parallel or in series. Therefore, an arbitrary output voltage and output current can be obtained and can be selected and determined by external wiring according to the application.
また、単電池を並列又は直列にガスマニホールド
（６），（７）やプリント基盤（26）上で結線しておく
こともできる。さらにまたe,n,w,ffの単電池は予備とし
ておき、過負荷になつた場合に外部配線で結線して出力
をとることもできる。Further, the cells can be connected in parallel or in series on the gas manifolds (6), (7) and the printed board (26). Furthermore, e, n, w, and ff single cells can be set as spares, and in the case of overload, they can be connected by external wiring and output.
第12図，第13図は第６図の燃料電池にガスマニホール
ドを取り付けたそれぞれ概略平面図、および正面図であ
る。図において、（27）は酸化剤ガスの供給プラグ、
（28）は燃料ガスの排出プラグである。燃料ガスは燃料
ガスマニホールド（６）の供給接続プラグ（20）から供
給され排出プラグ（21）から排出される。一方、酸化剤
ガスは酸化剤ガスマニホールド（７）の供給接続プラグ
（27）から供給され排出プラグ（28）から排出される。
このような燃料電池は非常にコンパクトで燃料電池カー
ドとも呼びうるものであり、外部配線・配管への接続部
も簡単な構造であり、家庭の電気のソケツトのように簡
単に接続して発電することができる。従つて、持ち運び
が容易でありさまざまな小規模発電に適用できる。12 and 13 are a schematic plan view and a front view, respectively, in which a gas manifold is attached to the fuel cell shown in FIG. In the figure, (27) is an oxidant gas supply plug,
(28) is a fuel gas discharge plug. The fuel gas is supplied from the supply connection plug (20) of the fuel gas manifold (6) and discharged from the discharge plug (21). On the other hand, the oxidant gas is supplied from the supply connection plug (27) of the oxidant gas manifold (7) and discharged from the discharge plug (28).
Such a fuel cell is very compact and can also be called a fuel cell card. It has a simple structure for connecting to external wiring and piping, and it can be easily connected like a household electric socket to generate electricity. be able to. Therefore, it is easy to carry and can be applied to various small-scale power generation.
なお、上記実施例では32個の単電池を配設したものを
示したが、100個以上でもよい。また、100個程度の単電
池を配設した燃料電池カードを数個用いることによつ
て、100〜200Vの直流電圧も容易に得られる。In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where 32 unit cells are arranged is shown, but it may be 100 or more. In addition, a DC voltage of 100 to 200V can be easily obtained by using several fuel cell cards each having about 100 unit cells.
この発明は以上説明したとおり、電気絶縁性の基盤に
設けられた複数個の貫通穴に、単電池を配置し、上記複
数個の貫通穴に配置された各単電池に対応した数の対で
構成され、対応する上記各単電池の燃料電極および酸化
剤電極とそれぞれ電気的に接続される複数対の電流端子
をガスマニホールドに設けたので、従来のようなガス分
離板を用いた各セルごとの反応ガスの供給が不要であ
り、また、基盤上での単電池同士の電気的接続が不要で
単電池を直列にするか並列にするか、などの組合わせを
電流端子以降の接続で任意に決定できるので軽量かつコ
ンパクトで出力電流と出力電圧を任意に選ぶことのでき
る燃料電池が得られる効果がある。As described above, according to the present invention, the plurality of through holes provided in the electrically insulating substrate are provided with the unit cells, and the number of pairs corresponding to the respective unit cells arranged in the plurality of through holes are set. Since a plurality of pairs of current terminals that are configured and electrically connected to the corresponding fuel electrode and oxidizer electrode of each of the above-mentioned unit cells are provided in the gas manifold, each cell using the conventional gas separation plate It is not necessary to supply the reaction gas, and it is not necessary to electrically connect the cells to each other on the board, and the cells can be connected in series or in parallel. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a fuel cell which is lightweight and compact, and whose output current and output voltage can be arbitrarily selected.
第１図はこの発明の一実施例による燃料電池を示す断面
図、第２図〜第５図はそれぞれ第１図中の単電池を拡大
したものであり、第２図，第４図は平面図、第３図，第
５図は断面図、第６図，第７図はそれぞれ基盤に32個の
単電池を配置した燃料電池の平面図、第８図〜第11図は
リード線の配設を示す断面図、第12図，第13図は第６図
の燃料電池にマニホールドが取り付けられた燃料電池の
それぞれ概略平面図、および側面図である。 図において、（１）は基盤、（２）は燃料電極、（３）
は電解質保持マトリツクス、（４）は酸化剤電極、
（５）は単電池、（６）は燃料ガスマニホールド、
（７）は酸化剤ガスマニホールド、（８）は電流端子、
（９）は集電金具、（19）は電流ソケツトである。 なお、各図中、同一符号は同一又は相当部分を示す。FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 5 are enlarged views of the unit cell in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 2 and 4 are plan views. Figures 3, 3 and 5 are cross-sectional views, Figures 6 and 7 are plan views of a fuel cell in which 32 unit cells are arranged on the base, and Figures 8 to 11 are lead wire arrangements. 12 and 13 are a schematic plan view and a side view, respectively, of a fuel cell in which a manifold is attached to the fuel cell shown in FIG. In the figure, (1) is a substrate, (2) is a fuel electrode, and (3)
Is an electrolyte retention matrix, (4) is an oxidizer electrode,
(5) is a single cell, (6) is a fuel gas manifold,
(7) is an oxidant gas manifold, (8) is a current terminal,
(9) is a collector, and (19) is a current socket. In each figure, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.
Claims (8)
通穴に、燃料電極と酸化剤電極と電解質マトリックスと
からなる単電池をそれぞれ配置し、上記基盤の上面と下
面に、それぞれ燃料ガスマニホールドと酸化剤ガスマニ
ホールドが設けられた燃料電池において、上記燃料ガス
マニホールドと酸化剤ガスマニホールドには、上記複数
個の貫通穴に配置された各単電池に対応した数の対で構
成され、対応する上記各単電池の燃料電極および酸化剤
電極とそれぞれ電気的に接続される複数対の電流端子が
設けられていることを特徴とする燃料電池。1. A unit cell comprising a fuel electrode, an oxidizer electrode and an electrolyte matrix is arranged in a plurality of through holes provided in an electrically insulating substrate, and fuel is provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of the substrate, respectively. In a fuel cell provided with a gas manifold and an oxidant gas manifold, the fuel gas manifold and the oxidant gas manifold are composed of a number of pairs corresponding to the individual cells arranged in the plurality of through holes, A fuel cell comprising a plurality of pairs of current terminals electrically connected to a corresponding fuel electrode and oxidant electrode of each of the above unit cells.
流端子と電気的に接続されている電流ソケットを有する
ことを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第１項記載の燃料電
池。2. The fuel cell according to claim 1, further comprising a current socket electrically connected to a plurality of current terminals provided on the gas manifold.
マニホールドの内面，外面，およびガスマニホールドの
外側の何れかに配置されたプリント基盤を介してなされ
ていることを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第２項記載の燃
料電池。3. The current socket and the current terminal are connected to each other through a printed board arranged on an inner surface, an outer surface of the gas manifold or an outer surface of the gas manifold. The fuel cell according to claim 2.
で、単電池が直列，並列，および直並列の何れかに接続
されていることを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第２項また
は第３項記載の燃料電池。4. The battery according to claim 2, wherein the unit cells are connected in series, in parallel, or in series-parallel in the middle of connection between the current socket and the current terminal. The fuel cell according to the item.
おいて電気的に直列にも並列にも接続されていない単電
池が複数個存在することを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第
２項ないし第４項の何れかに記載の燃料電池。5. A plurality of cells which are not electrically connected in series or in parallel in the electrical connection of the cells up to the current socket are present. 5. The fuel cell according to any one of 4 above.
出プラグが設けられたことを特徴とする特許請求の範囲
第１項記載の燃料電池。6. The fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the manifold is provided with a supply connection plug and a discharge plug.
燃料電極触媒層とからなり、酸化剤電極が、ガス透気性
の酸化剤電極基材と酸化剤電極触媒層とからなることを
特徴とする特許請求の範囲第１項記載の燃料電池。7. The fuel electrode comprises a gas permeable fuel electrode substrate and a fuel electrode catalyst layer, and the oxidant electrode comprises a gas permeable oxidant electrode substrate and an oxidant electrode catalyst layer. The fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein:
気的接触は弾力性を有する集電金具によってなされるこ
とを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第１項記載の燃料電池。8. The fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein electrical contact between the current terminal and the fuel electrode or the oxidizer electrode is made by a current collector having elasticity.
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