Patent ID: 8197986
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell device provided with a fuel cell having an electrolyte layer interposed between a fuel electrode and an oxygen electrode, the fuel cell comprising: a laminated cell module including a separator, the separator including a fuel electrode side collector having a porous metal body, with one side of the fuel electrode side collector having parallel, spaced grooves, defining fuel gas flow paths along the fuel electrode, substantially perpendicular to the direction of gravity wherein the one side of the fuel electrode side collector has a lower portion and an upper portion contiguous with the lower portion; wherein, in the lower portion of the one side of the fuel electrode side collector, at least surfaces of the grooves are covered with a water-repellent substance; and wherein there is no coating of the water-repellent substance on the upper portion of the one side of the fuel electrode side collector.