Fluid manifold attached by interface to fuel storage for fuel cell system

A fluid manifold for feeding hydrogen from a fuel storage to a plurality of anodes on a first side of a planar fuel cell, the fluid manifold being substantially flat and comprising:

• a first barrier layer providing at least one inlet port in fluid communication with the fuel storage, wherein a portion of the first barrier layer proximate to the at least one inlet port is attached as a substantially planar interface to the fuel storage;
• a second barrier layer containing at least one outlet port capable of providing fluid communication with the plurality of anodes and configured to provide a gas-tight seal with the first side of the fuel cell;
• a first conduit layer interposed between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer, the first conduit layer comprising one or more conduits to fluidicly communicate with the at least one inlet port and the at least one outlet port;
• and optionally
• at least one additional conduit layer comprising one or more conduits and a corresponding additional barrier layer comprising through-hole ports, the at least one additional conduit and corresponding barrier layers being interposed between the first and second barrier layers, such that the fluid manifold is a stacked array of alternating barrier layers and conduit layers configured to provide fluidic communication between the fuel storage and the plurality of anodes on the first side of the fuel cell.