Flexible current collecting fiber bunch and fuel cell structure using the same
OwnerMing-San Lee, Long-Jeng Chen +2inventors
InventorsMing-San Lee, Long-Jeng Chen, Wei-Ting Shiu, Bo-Yu Liu
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Abstract
A flexible current collecting fiber bunch comprises a plurality of current collecting fiber conductors and at least one electrical wire. There is an interval between each two adjacent current collecting fiber conductors. The electrical wire used to cascades the current collecting fiber conductors. The flexible current collecting fiber bunch may replace the graphite or metal bipolar commonly plate used in the fuel cell at lowers the pressure needed for a good contact and adds flexibility in the stack design.
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A flexible current collecting fiber bunch comprising:
- a plurality of current collecting fiber conductors, there being an interval between each two current collecting fiber conductors;
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- at least one electrical wire cascading the current collecting fiber conductors.
A fuel cell structure comprising:
- a membrane electrode assembly having an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode;
- at least one first flexible current collecting fiber bunch having a plurality of first current collecting fiber conductors contacts the anode of the membrane electrode assembly and at least one first electrical wire cascades the first current collecting fiber conductors;
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- at least one second flexible current collecting fiber bunch having a plurality of second current collecting fiber conductors contacts the cathode of the membrane electrode assembly and at least one second electrical wire cascades the second current collecting fiber conductors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.