Electrolyte shunt migration management in a fuel cell stack

A fuel cell assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of fuel cells arranged in a stack including a first end fuel cell near a first end of the stack and a second end fuel cell near a second end of the stack,
• wherein each of the fuel cells includes a matrix containing an electrolyte, an anode on one side of the matrix, an anode flow field adjacent the anode, a cathode on another side of the matrix, and a cathode flow field adjacent the cathode;
• an electrolyte supply associated with the anode flow field of the first end fuel cell, the electrolyte supply comprising a porous material containing electrolyte, the electrolyte supply being configured to provide electrolyte to at least the anode of the first end fuel cell;
• and
• an electrolyte collector associated with the cathode flow field of the second end fuel cell, the electrolyte collector comprising a porous material configured to collect electrolyte from at least the cathode of the second end fuel cell,
• wherein in an initial assembled condition:
• there is a first amount of electrolyte in the electrolyte supply,
• there is a second amount of electrolyte in the electrolyte collector,
• there is a third amount of electrolyte in each matrix,
• the first amount is greater than the third amount, and
• the third amount is greater than the second amount.