WO2003067693A3 - Apparatus of high power density fuel cell layer with micro structured components - Google Patents

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WO2003067693A3
WO2003067693A3 PCT/IB2003/000915 IB0300915W WO03067693A3 WO 2003067693 A3 WO2003067693 A3 WO 2003067693A3 IB 0300915 W IB0300915 W IB 0300915W WO 03067693 A3 WO03067693 A3 WO 03067693A3
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Abstract

The invention is a fuel cell(8) made of a fuel plenum(10) with fuel(11), an oxidant plenum(16) with oxidant(13), a porous substrate(12) communicating the fuel(11) and oxidant plenum(16), a channel(14) formed by the porous substrate, an anode(28), a cathode(30), electrolyte(32) in a portion of the channel contacting the anode and the cathode preventing transfer of fuel to the cathode and preventing transfer of oxidant to the anode, a first coating(34) to prevent fuel from entering a portion of the porous substrate, a second coating(36) to prevent oxidant from entering a portion of the porous substrate, two sealant barriers(44,46), and a positive(50) and negative(48) electrical connection, wherein the invention also involves a multiple fuel cell layer structure, a bi-level fuel cell layer structure, and a method for making a fuel cell layer.
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JP2003566927A JP2005517273A (en) 2002-02-06 2003-02-05 High power density fuel cell layer device using microstructured components
EP03704927A EP1506587A2 (en) 2002-02-06 2003-02-05 Apparatus of high power density fuel cell layer with micro structured components
KR10-2004-7012094A KR20040105711A (en) 2002-02-06 2003-02-05 Apparatus of high power density fuel cell layer with microstructure components
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