WO2024255939A1 - Verfahren zur herstellung eines halbbleches einer bipolarplatte, bipolarplatte und elektrochemische zelle - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for producing a half sheet of a bipolar plate.
- the invention further relates to a bipolar plate and an electrochemical device with at least one such bipolar plate.
- an electrochemical cell is in particular a fuel cell, an electrolysis cell or a redox flow cell.
- a fuel cell stack consists of several fuel cells and usually contains two bipolar plates per cell.
- the connection of several fuel cells to form a fuel cell stack serves, among other things, to increase the output voltage.
- a first and a second bipolar plate which lie on top of each other and are separated by a membrane, form the actual electrochemical cell.
- the anode is separated from the cathode by an MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly).
- MEA Membrane Electrode Assembly
- a bipolar plate usually consists of two half-sheets that are bonded together, for example by welding.
- distribution structures are often provided on the bipolar plate, which are designed as channels.
- a first aspect of the present invention comprises a method for producing a half sheet of a bipolar plate.
- the method comprises rolling a sheet metal strip as a method step, wherein at least one first region of the sheet metal strip is rolled to a uniform first sheet thickness and at least one second region of the sheet metal strip is rolled to a uniform second sheet thickness.
- the first sheet thickness is greater than the second sheet thickness and the first region and the second region are each formed flat.
- the at least one first and the at least one second region therefore have different sheet thicknesses and also different deformability.
- a channel-shaped surface structure for guiding reactants and fluids, such as hydrogen and/or oxygen, is then introduced into the at least one first region with a high degree of process reliability, without cracks forming in the sheet metal.
- a greater depth also drawing depth
- Material can also be saved as a result; where a lower formability is required, such as in the at least one second region, the sheet metal or sheet metal strip can be thinned out further compared to places where a higher formability is required, such as in the at least one first region.
- the step of rolling a sheet metal strip is carried out in such a way that the sheet metal strip is flat in at least one first region of the sheet metal strip and/or in at least one second region of the sheet metal strip and/or in at least one third region of the sheet metal strip and has a flat, mutually parallel surface when viewed in section through the sheet metal strip.
- the surfaces of the sheet metal strip are and/or the at least one first region of the sheet metal strip and/or the at least one second region of the sheet metal strip and/or the at least one third region of the sheet metal strip is formed by rolling without a depression or without a valley or without a peak or without a projection.
- the step of rolling along a conveying direction of the sheet metal strip can provide variable sheet thicknesses.
- the at least one first region and the at least one second region of the sheet metal strip and/or at least one third region of the sheet metal strip can be rolled alternately along the conveying direction of the sheet metal strip in order to realize a first and a second sheet thickness for the at least one first region and the at least one second region, respectively.
- the method presented can therefore reduce the manufacturing costs for a half-sheet of a bipolar plate.
- the method presented can enable more complex forming geometries or more complex geometries for the at least one first region. In other words, in regions with little forming for the production of the half-sheet, such as in the at least one second region and/or in at least one third region of the sheet metal strip, the sheet thickness can be reduced to a minimum by the rolling step.
- the sheet thickness is chosen to be higher during the rolling step than in the at least one second region and/or the at least one third region in order to enable complex forming geometries, such as B. for the channel-shaped surface structure, in which at least a first region can be realized.
- the idea underlying the present invention is based on providing the sheet or sheet metal strip for the production of half sheets for bipolar plates with local thickness differences in advance.
- the thicker the sheet metal strip is provided in at least one first region, the simpler and more cost-effective the forming is in order to introduce the channel-shaped surface structure into the at least one first region.
- formability refers to a limit on the plastic deformation that a material or sheet metal strip can endure without cracking.
- formability means the ability of a material or sheet metal strip to deform plastically before breaking.
- a pair of rollers or a roller pairing can be used which roll the at least one first region and the at least one second region and/or at least one third region of the sheet metal strip.
- at least one roller of the pair or the roller pairing can have at least one depression along its circumference. This depression serves to create or roll the at least one first region. Where the depression meets the sheet metal strip, more material of the rolled sheet metal strip can be accumulated. Thus, the at least one first region of the sheet metal strip can be rolled to a first sheet thickness. In contrast, where no depression is found, there is less material of the rolled sheet metal strip. Thus, the at least one second region of the sheet metal strip can be rolled to a smaller second sheet thickness.
- the axial distance of a pair of rolls or a roll pairing can be changed during the rolling process step.
- This is possible, for example, hydraulically and/or electromechanically.
- at least one roll of the pair or roll pairing can be changed in its relative position to the other roll of the pair or roll pairing in order to roll to a first sheet thickness in at least a first region of the sheet metal strip and to roll to a second sheet thickness in at least a second region of the sheet metal strip.
- the method comprises, as a further method step after rolling, introducing a channel-shaped surface structure into the at least one first region.
- the channel-shaped surface structure serves to homogeneously distribute reactants and fluids in the electrochemical cell.
- the channel-shaped surface structure can also be designed to guide a first reactant, a second reactant and/or a coolant from an inflow to an outflow.
- an electrochemical cell with at least one bipolar plate can be optimally supplied so that the efficiency can be maximized.
- introducing a channel-shaped surface structure into the at least one first region can be done by embossing, punching, hydroforming or rolling, e.g. before the cutting step.
- the surface structure is embossed through the sheet so that both the top and the bottom of the sheet reflect the structure.
- the method comprises, as a further method step, cutting the sheet metal strip to separate the half sheet from the sheet metal strip, wherein the half sheet has at least a first region and a second region. Cutting the sheet metal strip thus results in individual half sheets for producing bipolar plates that can be used in an electrochemical cell, such as a fuel cell or a fuel cell stack.
- the cutting may comprise creating a fluid inflow or fluid outflow, in particular a coolant inflow and a coolant outflow and/or a hydrogen inflow and a hydrogen outflow and/or an oxygen inflow and an oxygen outflow.
- the at least one first region and the at least one second region can be arranged alternately along a conveying direction of the sheet metal strip or at least partially next to one another in the conveying direction or partially next to one another or one behind the other in the conveying direction or partially behind one another in the conveying direction.
- a first region can be followed by a second region in the conveying direction of the sheet metal strip, which can then be followed by a first region.
- a second region can thus follow directly after a first region and/or vice versa.
- a further region is arranged which spaced the first region and second region from one another.
- the sheet metal strip can have at least one third region.
- the sheet metal strip can also be rolled to a third sheet thickness in the at least one third region of the sheet metal strip.
- the at least one third region of the sheet metal strip can be rolled to a third sheet thickness.
- the at least one third region and the at least one second region can also at least partially delimit or at least partially border or at least partially limit or at least partially surround the at least one first region.
- the at least one third region can, for example, be shaped in such a way that it can accommodate a seal.
- the at least one third region can thus be rolled to a third sheet thickness in order to obtain or create a plane for a seal.
- the at least one second region and the at least one third region can be of the same thickness.
- the second sheet thickness and the third sheet thickness have the same value.
- the second sheet thickness and the third sheet thickness can also have essentially the same value.
- the expression “essentially the same value” can be understood in the present description to mean that the sheet thicknesses of the second region and the third region are to be regarded as equal if their sheet thicknesses differ from one another by at most +/- 5%. This means that with “essentially the same value”, the third sheet thickness is, for example, the second sheet thickness +/- 5% of the second sheet thickness.
- the second sheet thickness and/or the third sheet thickness can have a value that is at least 20% lower than the first sheet thickness.
- the first sheet thickness has a significantly higher value than the second and/or the third sheet thickness.
- the method can further comprise the step of detecting a position of the channel-shaped surface structure in relation to the sheet metal strip, for example in relation to the dimensions of the sheet metal strip, by means of a sensor as a starting point for cutting the sheet metal strip.
- a sensor as a starting point for cutting the sheet metal strip.
- the method can comprise a further method step of selective or partial annealing of the sheet metal strip, wherein during annealing the at least the first region of the sheet metal strip is annealed in a targeted manner and/or by targeted supply of heat and/or by targeted supply of heat and the at least one second region and/or the at least one third region of the sheet metal strip is/are excluded or left out.
- the at least one first region of the sheet metal strip and the at least one second region and/or third region of the sheet metal strip can be heat treated differently or in different ways.
- more heat energy can be supplied to at least the first region of the sheet metal strip than to the at least one second region and/or third region of the sheet metal strip.
- the additional heat energy can, for example, comprise a longer annealing time and/or a greater heat intensity.
- the at least one first and the at least one second region and/or the at least one third region of the sheet metal strip have different deformability.
- the heat treatment of the sheet metal strip can therefore be concentrated on the at least one first region, into which a channel-shaped surface structure for guiding fluids or reactants can then be introduced with a high degree of process reliability without cracks forming in the sheet metal.
- the method presented can reduce the manufacturing costs of a bipolar plate.
- the method presented can realize more complex forming geometries or more complex geometries for the at least one first region.
- the supply of energy occurs predominantly in the at least one first region, while the supply of energy to the at least one second region and/or third region is less or does not occur.
- a heat treatment duration with which the at least one second and/or third region is treated and/or a heat intensity acting on the at least one second region and/or third region is shorter in comparison to the annealing duration with which the at least one first region is annealed and/or less intense in comparison to the heat intensity acting on the at least one first region.
- Annealing is generally used to reduce stresses in the material or in the sheet metal strip or in the at least one first region of the sheet metal strip, for example, and to increase the formability of the material or in the sheet metal strip or in the at least one first region.
- the sheet metal strip requires a higher formability in the at least one first region in order to introduce a surface structure than in the at least one second region and/or third region that is not to be formed or structured or in which no surface structure is to be introduced.
- the at least one second region and/or third region can therefore have a lower degree of formability.
- the idea underlying the present invention is that not all areas of the sheet metal strip have to have the same deformability.
- the at least one second area and/or third area, which is to be formed little or not at all, can also be heat treated to a lesser extent, for example for a shorter time, or not at all. In this way, the energy required for annealing can be reduced, since the entire sheet metal strip no longer has to be heated, but only the at least one first area. This saves energy and costs.
- the at least one first region of the sheet metal strip can be annealed with a first annealing time and/or with a first heat intensity and the at least one second and/or third region of the sheet metal strip can be annealed with a second heat treatment time and/or with a second heat intensity.
- the first annealing time or the first heat intensity can be different from the second heat treatment time or the second heat intensity.
- Each region can thus be heat treated according to a desired deformability, with a total of Energy can be saved.
- the second heat treatment period can be shorter than the first annealing period.
- the second heat treatment period or the second heat intensity can also be half or 45% or 40% of the first annealing period or the first heat intensity.
- the second heat intensity can be less intense than the first heat intensity. This again shows that energy can be saved.
- heat intensity or “intensity” can be understood as “irradiance” (also radiation flux density, outdated: radiation current density).
- Heat intensity or “irradiance” can be the term for the total power of incoming electromagnetic energy that hits a surface (e.g. the at least one first area and/or the at least one second area and/or the at least one third area), based on the size of the area.
- Selective annealing or local heat treatment can be carried out in a continuous furnace, for example. Annealing can locally improve the formability of the sheet metal strip.
- the first and/or second heat treatment duration and/or the first and second heat intensity in sections of a continuous furnace can be controlled, for example, selectively by a control device, depending on the conveying speed and the position of the at least one first and the at least one second and/or third region.
- the continuous furnace can have several heat units, such as radiators that convert electrical energy into heat, for example, and/or nozzles that generate heat using gas, for example.
- the heat units can be arranged in a matrix or in a grid, for example above and/or at a distance from the sheet metal strip.
- the control device can switch the heat units on and off according to the conveying speed and the position of the at least one first region and the at least one second region and/or third region and/or can regulate their duration and/or intensity with regard to the generation of heat.
- the sheet metal strip is preferably made of stainless steel, which can be coated.
- the sheet metal strip can be made of titanium or a titanium alloy. Alternatively, other metal alloys can also be used.
- a second aspect of the present invention comprises a bipolar plate comprising two half-sheets which are materially connected to one another and produced according to the method according to the invention.
- the bipolar plate has an electrochemically active region on each of the half-sheets, which corresponds to the at least one first region of the two half-sheets.
- Each half-sheet also has at least two distributor regions, which correspond to the at least one second region, for supplying and discharging fluids, such as reaction gases and/or reactants and/or coolants.
- the bipolar plate can also be designed in such a way that it has separate channels for fluids such as reaction gases and/or reactants and for a coolant.
- connections for fluids such as reaction gases and/or for reactants and/or for the coolant, can be connected to the distribution areas.
- the bipolar plate can comprise distribution structures for guiding fluids such as coolants, whereby in the case of a fuel cell the coolant is generally guided between two welded half sheets of a bipolar plate.
- These distribution structures can be designed as channels, whereby the coolant can be conducted and a fuel cell stack is cooled.
- the fuel e.g. hydrogen
- the air/oxygen is distributed in particular.
- the bipolar plate can have a channel-shaped surface structure, which can be designed as an open groove-like channel structure.
- the bipolar plate can comprise distribution structures for guiding fluids such as coolants. These distribution structures can be designed as channels, whereby the coolant can be conducted and a fuel cell stack is cooled.
- the fuel e.g. hydrogen
- the fuel is distributed in particular on the anode side of a bipolar plate, and the air/oxygen is distributed in particular on the cathode side.
- the bipolar plate can have two third regions.
- the two third regions can be arranged on two opposite sides of the at least one first region, so that they delimit the at least one first region together with two second regions.
- the third region can, for example, be shaped such that it can accommodate a seal.
- the bipolar plate can be used, for example in vehicles, to convert hydrogen (H2) with oxygen (02) from the air to water.
- the bipolar plate plays a central role in this. It can serve structurally as a carrier plate and form the two poles of the fuel cell - the anode plate that carries H2 and the cathode plate for the O2 supply.
- the bipolar plate can fulfil various tasks, such as an even distribution of the fluids and reaction gases or reactants (H2 and 02), a supply of the gases to a catalyst layer, a removal of the resulting reaction water, a forwarding of the current resulting from the reaction and an efficient dissipation of the reaction heat.
- the electrocatalytic conversion of hydrogen usually produces product water and - as already mentioned - heat. Both can be dissipated from a fuel cell via the bipolar plate.
- a third aspect of the present invention comprises an electrochemical cell, in particular a fuel cell or an electrolysis cell, comprising at least one bipolar plate according to the invention.
- the features of the method for producing a half-sheet of a bipolar plate and/or the features of the bipolar plate as mentioned under the second aspect can be used individually or in combination with one another in the electrochemical cell.
- the features mentioned above under the first and/or second aspect of the invention can also be combined with further features under the third aspect of the invention.
- This idea concerns - in simplified terms - a method for producing a half sheet of a bipolar plate by introducing targeted differences in thickness within a sheet used.
- the sheet metal for the production of half sheets for bipolar plates can be specifically provided in advance with thickness differences, i.e. at least with a uniform first sheet thickness in at least one first area and with a uniform second sheet thickness in at least one second area.
- the sheet thickness can be reduced.
- the sheet thickness is selected to be higher in order to be able to realize the more complex forming geometries without cracks.
- the material can also be thinned out to obtain a plane for the seal.
- the bipolar plate according to the invention can be used in an electrochemical cell, such as a fuel cell, an electrolyzer or a redox flow battery.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic flow diagram of a method for
- Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a part of a
- Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view of a half-sheet
- Fig. 4 is a three-dimensional view of a bipolar plate
- Fig. 5 is a schematic view of an electrochemical cell.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic flow diagram of a method for producing a half sheet 1 of a bipolar plate 1' (see Figure 4), wherein Figure 2 shows a schematic sectional view of a part of a sheet metal strip B after the method step V1.
- Figures 1 and 2 are described together below.
- Figure 1 shows that the method represents a continuous process, wherein a sheet metal strip B is conveyed along a conveying direction F.
- Figure 1 shows that the method comprises, as a first method step, rolling V1 of a sheet metal strip B or a sheet metal panel.
- the sheet metal strip is unwound from a sheet metal roll, also called a coil, before rolling V1.
- At least one first region 2 of the sheet metal strip B is rolled to a uniform first sheet thickness d1 and at least one second region 3 of the sheet metal strip B is rolled to a uniform second sheet thickness d2.
- flat regions are rolled in such a way that a top and bottom of the sheet metal strip run parallel in the respective region.
- the first sheet thickness d1 is greater than the second sheet thickness d2.
- the at least one first region 2 and the at least one second region 3 have different sheet thicknesses d1, d2 and also different deformability. This allows the at least a first region 2, a channel-shaped surface structure 5 for guiding fluids and reactants, such as hydrogen and/or oxygen, can be introduced easily and with a high level of process reliability without cracking occurring.
- the rolling V1 thus provides different sheet thicknesses d1, d2 along the conveying direction F of the sheet metal strip B.
- the at least one first region 2 and the at least one second region 3 are rolled alternately along the conveying direction F of the sheet metal strip B in order to realize a first sheet thickness d1 and a second sheet thickness d2 for the at least one first region 2 and the at least one second region 3, respectively.
- the at least one first region 2 and the at least one second region 3 are arranged alternately along the conveying direction F of the sheet metal strip B or in sections one behind the other in the conveying direction.
- a first region 2 is followed by a second region 3, which is then followed by a first region 2.
- a second region 3 thus follows immediately after a first region 2 and vice versa.
- the sheet metal strip B has at least one third region 4.
- the at least one third region 4 of the sheet metal strip B is rolled to a third sheet thickness d3.
- two third regions 4 and two second regions 3 delimit or surround a first region 2.
- the at least one third region 4 or the two third regions 4 is/are further shaped in such a way that it can accommodate a seal.
- the at least one third region 4 or the two third regions 4 is/are thus rolled to a third sheet thickness d3 in order to create a plane for a seal.
- the second sheet thickness d2 and the third sheet thickness d3 have essentially the same value. This means that the sheet thicknesses d2, d3 of the second area 3 and the third area 4 are to be regarded as equal if they differ from each other in their sheet thicknesses by a maximum of +/- 5%. Furthermore, the second sheet thickness d2 and the third sheet thickness d3 have a lower value than the first sheet thickness d1. In other words, the first sheet thickness d1 has a higher value than the second and third sheet thicknesses d2, d3.
- the method according to Figure 1 comprises, after rolling, as a further method step V2, introducing a channel-shaped surface structure 5 into the at least one first region 2.
- the channel-shaped surface structure 5 serves to distribute fluids homogeneously. Strictly speaking, the channel-shaped surface structure 5 is designed to guide a first reactant, a second reactant and a coolant from an inflow to an outflow.
- an electrochemical cell such as a fuel cell, comprising one or more bipolar plates 1', made from two materially bonded half-sheets 1, which were formed according to the method presented here, can be optimally supplied with reactants and/or coolant, so that the efficiency of the electrochemical cell can be maximized.
- the introduction V2 of a channel-shaped surface structure 5 into the at least one first region 2 can be carried out by embossing, punching, hydroforming or rolling. Due to the typically low sheet thickness of the sheet metal strip of less than 1 mm, the channel structure is formed on the top and bottom of the sheet metal strip.
- the method can comprise, as an optional step, detecting a position of the channel-shaped surface structure 5 in relation to the dimensions of the sheet metal strip B by means of a sensor as a starting point for cutting the sheet metal strip B. In this way, manufacturing tolerances that occur, for example, when introducing V2 of the channel-shaped surface structure 5 can be compensated.
- a half sheet 1 is separated from the sheet metal strip B, wherein the half sheet 1 comprises at least a first and a second region 2, 3. Cutting the sheet metal strip B thus results in individual half sheets 1.
- the cutting comprises creating a fluid inflow and a fluid outflow, in particular a coolant inflow 6 and a coolant outflow 7, a hydrogen inflow 8 and a hydrogen outflow 11, and an oxygen inflow 9 and an oxygen outflow 10.
- the method presented can reduce the manufacturing costs of a half sheet 1 of a bipolar plate 1'.
- the method presented can enable the realization of more complex forming geometries or more complex geometries in the first region 2.
- the sheet thickness d2 can be reduced to a minimum by the rolling step V1.
- the sheet thickness d1 is selected to be higher in the rolling step compared to the second regions 3 in order to be able to realize complex forming geometries, such as for a channel-shaped surface structure 5, in the first region 2 without cracks.
- a selective annealing of the sheet metal strip B can be carried out as a further process step before the introduction of V2.
- the at least one first region 2 of the sheet metal strip B can be annealed in a targeted manner or by the targeted supply of heat.
- the at least one second region 3 and the at least one third region 4 of the sheet metal strip B can be excluded or left out. This allows different deformability capabilities to be generated in the regions 2, 3, 4.
- the heat treatment of the sheet metal strip B can therefore be concentrated on the at least one first region 2, into which a channel-shaped surface structure 5 for guiding fluids can be introduced easily and with a high degree of process reliability.
- the heat treatment of the entire sheet metal strip B can be dispensed with, which saves energy for heating. Consequently, the method presented can reduce the manufacturing costs of a half sheet 1 or a bipolar plate 1'. In addition, more complex forming geometries or more complex geometries in the at least one first region 2 can be realized using the method presented.
- the at least one first region 2 can be annealed with a first annealing time or with a first heat intensity and the at least one second region 3 and third region 4 can be annealed with a second heat treatment time or with a second heat intensity
- the first annealing time or the first heat intensity is different from the second heat treatment time or second heat intensity. This means that each area can be heat treated according to the desired formability, which can save energy overall.
- the second heat treatment time is shorter than the first annealing time or the second heat intensity is less intense than the first heat intensity.
- Selective annealing can be carried out in a continuous furnace. Annealing can locally improve the formability of sheet metal strip B.
- the first annealing time and second heat treatment time or the first and second heat intensity in sections of the continuous furnace can be selectively controlled by a control device (not shown) depending on the conveying speed and the position of the at least one first region 2 and the at least one second region 3 and third region 4.
- the continuous furnace can have several heat units, such as radiators that convert electrical energy into heat, for example, and/or nozzles that generate heat using gas, for example.
- the heat units can be arranged in a matrix or in a grid.
- the control device can switch the heat units on and off according to the conveying speed and the position of the at least one first region 2 and the at least one second region 3 and the at least one third region 4, or can regulate their duration and intensity with regard to the generation of heat.
- Figure 2 shows a schematic sectional view of the sheet metal strip B after process step V1 with a cutting direction parallel to the conveying direction F.
- the rolled sheet metal strip B comprises a first region 2 and two second regions 3.
- the first region 2 has a first sheet thickness d1 and each second region 3 has a second sheet thickness d2.
- the second sheet thickness d2 is less than the first sheet thickness d1.
- Figure 3 shows a schematic plan view of the half-sheet 1 from Figure 1 .
- the half sheet 1 has two third regions 4.
- the third regions 4 have a third sheet thickness d3.
- the third sheet thickness d3 is equal to the second sheet thickness d2.
- the first region 2 is arranged centrally in relation to the half-sheet 1 and forms an electrochemically active region in an electrochemical cell.
- two second regions 3 and two third regions 4 are arranged on opposite sides of the first region 2.
- the channel-shaped surface structure 5 extends between the two second regions 3 and the two third regions 4.
- Figure 3 shows that the half-sheet 1 has two third regions 4.
- the two third regions 4 are arranged on two opposite sides of the first region 2, so that together with the two second regions 3 they delimit the first region 2.
- the third regions 4 are shaped, for example, in such a way that they can each accommodate a seal.
- the third regions 4 have a third sheet thickness d3, which here has the same value as the second sheet thickness d2.
- Figure 3 shows fluid inflows and fluid outflows, here a coolant inflow 6, a coolant outflow 7, a hydrogen inflow 8, a hydrogen outflow 11, an oxygen inflow 9 and an oxygen outflow 10 in the two second regions 3.
- a coolant inflow 6 a coolant outflow 7
- a hydrogen inflow 8 a hydrogen outflow 11
- an oxygen inflow 9 a hydrogen outflow 10 in the two second regions 3.
- Other arrangements or combinations of the inflows and outflows are also conceivable.
- the half-sheet 1 is designed in such a way that it has channels for reaction gases and/or for reactants and/or for a coolant.
- the half-sheet 1 has a channel-shaped surface structure 5, which is designed as an open, groove-like channel structure.
- a bipolar plate 1' see Figure 4
- two half-sheets 1 are arranged one above the other and bonded together in such a way that coolant channels are formed through which flow can take place through the channel structures or through the channel-shaped surface structure 5 between the two half-sheets 1.
- a bipolar plate 1' can perform various tasks, such as uniform distribution of the fluids in an electrochemical cell, supply of the fluids to a catalyst layer, removal of the resulting reaction water, transmission of the current resulting from the reaction and efficient removal of the reaction heat.
- Figure 4 shows a three-dimensional schematic view of a bipolar plate 1' comprising two half-sheets 1 bonded together. The same reference numerals as in Figure 3 identify the same elements.
- Figure 5 shows a schematic three-dimensional view of an electrochemical cell, in particular a fuel cell 20, comprising two bipolar plates 1' according to Figure 4 and a membrane electrode unit 13 arranged between the two bipolar plates 1'. By stacking further membrane electrode units 13 and bipolar plates 1', a fuel cell stack 100 comprising a plurality of fuel cells 20 is created.
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