Fuel cell
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorDae Han Ka
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Abstract
In an embodiment a fuel cell includes a cell stack having a plurality of unit cells stacked in a first direction, first and second end plates disposed at both side ends of the cell stack, respectively, the second end plate having a resin part; and a sacrificial electrode located at the resin part of the second end plate adjacent to a cell configured to provide a highest potential for the unit cells, wherein the second end plate includes an inner side surface facing the cell stack, and wherein the resin part, at which the sacrificial electrode is located, is located on the inner side surface of the second end plate.
Claims20
A fuel cell comprising:
- a cell stack comprising a plurality of unit cells stacked in a first direction;
- first and second end plates disposed at both side ends of the cell stack, respectively, the second end plate comprising a resin part;
- and
- a sacrificial electrode located at the resin part of the second end plate adjacent to a cell configured to provide a highest potential for the unit cells,
- wherein the second end plate comprises an inner side surface facing the cell stack in the first direction,
- wherein the resin part is located on the inner side surface of the second end plate,
- wherein the second end plate comprises:
- a coolant inlet configured to receive coolant for flowing in the cell stack,
- a coolant outlet configured to discharge the coolant,
- wherein the resin part comprises:
- a first resin part located at the coolant inlet;
- and
- a second resin part located at the coolant outlet, and
- wherein the sacrificial electrode is disposed at the first resin part in the coolant inlet or at the second resin part in the coolant outlet or is disposed at both the first resin part in the coolant inlet and the second resin part in the coolant outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.