Patent ID: 8597857
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A metallic porous body for a fuel cell formed by stacking a plurality of unit cells, the metallic porous body comprising: a porous portion which is in contact with a reactive area of a membrane electrode assembly and corresponds to a reactive area of each unit cell; a flat portion having a flat surface structure formed along outer edges of the metallic porous body other than the porous portion corresponding to the reactive area, wherein the metallic porous body is a gas diffusion layer; and wherein the flat portion includes through apertures of the flat portion formed at positions where a gasket is molded such that the metallic porous body acting as the gas diffusion layer is firmly integrated with a separator of the fuel cell by the gasket molded on one side of the separator and one side of the flat portion by a resin to act as the gasket inserted into the through apertures.