Patent ID: 8735020
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell formed by stacking an electrolyte electrode assembly between separators, the electrolyte electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte interposed between the anode and the cathode, the fuel cell comprising an anode current collector provided between the anode and the separator, for collecting electrical energy generated in the electrolyte electrode assembly, and supplying a fuel gas to an electrode surface of the anode, the anode current collector being separate and distinct from the separator, wherein the separator has a fuel gas inlet hole for supplying the fuel gas to the anode current collector; the anode current collector has a fuel gas inlet channel having an opening that faces an opening of the fuel gas inlet hole at an end of the fuel gas inlet hole, for allowing the fuel gas supplied through the fuel gas inlet hole to flow into the anode current collector; and the anode current collector has a first surface adjacent to the anode and a second surface opposite to the first surface and adjacent to the separator, and the fuel gas inlet channel is defined by an inner wall surrounding an empty space formed in the anode current collector that continuously extends from the first surface to the second surface and passes entirely through the anode current collector.