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US 2012/0058408 A1Published application
Covers for electrochemical cells and related methods
AssigneeAngstrom Power Incorporated
InventorsGerard F. McLean, Jeremy Schrooten, Shawn Litster
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to an electrochemical cell system including a cover that affects reactant flow into an electrochemical cell array.
Claims16
A fuel cell system comprising:
- a flexible fuel cell that includes one or more active regions of a first type disposed on a first surface;
- one or more active regions of a second type disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface;
- and
- a first cover that includes a first transport layer, wherein the first transport layer includes one or more transport barrier regions and one or more opened regions;
- wherein the transport barrier regions are in proximity to the active regions on the first surface.
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A method for controlling a local environment of a fuel cell array having active regions, the method comprising:
- providing a cover that includes a transport layer, wherein the transport layer includes one or more transport barrier regions and one or more opened regions and wherein the transport barrier regions are in proximity to the active regions;
- placing the cover in fluid communication with a fuel cell array;
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- affecting the local environment of the fuel cell array.
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A fuel cell system, comprising:
- a flexible fuel cell array that includes a reactive surface, wherein the reactive surface has one or more active regions and one or more less-active regions in contact with the one or more active regions;
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- a cover that includes a transport layer, wherein the transport layer includes one or more transport barrier regions and one or more opened regions and wherein the transport barrier regions are in proximity to the active regions and wherein the opened regions are in proximity to the less-active regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.