Method of inspecting output of fuel cell
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHodaka Tsuge, Takashi Kato, Tadaaki Yamada, Ayumi Mizuno, You Shimomura
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Abstract
In a method of inspecting output of a fuel cell, a reduction step is performed, and thereafter, a measurement step is performed. In the reduction step, reduction treatment is applied to electrode catalyst contained in an anode and a cathode. After the reduction treatment is applied to the electrode catalyst of the anode and the cathode, in the measurement step, measurement current which is smaller than rated current of the fuel cell, is applied to the anode and the cathode to inspect the output of the fuel cell.
Claims4
A method of inspecting output of a fuel cell, the fuel cell comprising an electrolyte membrane of solid polymer, an anode provided on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode provided on another surface of the electrolyte membrane, the method comprising:
- a reduction step of applying reduction treatment to electrode catalyst contained in the anode and the cathode;
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- a measurement step of measuring output of the fuel cell after the reduction treatment is applied to the electrode catalyst, by applying measurement current which is smaller than rated current of the fuel cell, to the anode and the cathode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.