Bipolar plate and fuel cell comprising same

A bipolar plate for a fuel cell comprising:

• a profiled anode plate and a profiled cathode plate, each having an active area and two distributor areas for supply or removal of operating media to or from, respectively, the active area, the distributor areas each having an anode gas main port for supply or discharge of fuel, a cathode gas main port for supply or discharge of oxidants, and a coolant main port for supply or discharge of coolant, the anode and cathode plates being formed and situated one over another in such a way that the bipolar plate has channels for the operating media, the channels connecting the anode gas main port, the cathode gas main port and the coolant main port of both distributor areas to one another, and the distributor areas having at least one overlap section, the channels overlapping one another in a non-fluidically connected manner in the at least one overlap section,
• the cathode gas main port being situated in such a way that cathode channels of the channels proceeding from the cathode gas main port extend linearly at least across one of the distributor areas of the bipolar plate, and, in a first overlap section of the at least one overlap section, anode channels of the channels proceeding from the anode gas main port and the cathode channels overlap one another and enclose an angle between 0° and 90°, wherein the cathode gas main port is situated between the anode gas main port and the coolant main port and wherein the angle between the anode channels and the cathode channels in the first overlap section is 10° to 60°.