Patent ID: 6071636
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A fuel cell comprising at least one system including an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, an electrolyte located between both electrodes and a first distributor in the shape of plates placed on each side of the system, in contact with one of the electrodes for distributing a reagent comprising at least one reactive gas, discharging reaction products and collecting an electric current, the first distributor comprising at least one electrically conducting plate having a reagent inlet and a reagent outlet and being adapted to permit reagent flows through said plate between said inlet and said outlet and to allow contact between the reagent and the electrode with which the first distributor is in contact, wherein the first distributor further comprises at least one stack of adjacent foils of porous material adapted to form an arrangement in which the reactive gas flows through the porous material of the foils in series between said inlet and said outlet.