Patent ID: 7901832
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A fuel cell plate comprising: a plate having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture formed therein and a plurality of flow channels formed between and in fluid communication with the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture; one of an uncoated portion and a hydrophobic portion formed on the flow channels adjacent the outlet aperture; and a hydrophilic portion formed on the flow channels adjacent said one of the hydrophobic portion and the uncoated portion and forming an interface therebetween, wherein a maximum width of each of the flow channels of said one of the hydrophobic portion and the uncoated portion is greater than a maximum width of each of the flow channels of said hydrophilic portion at the interface, said hydrophilic portion and said one of the hydrophobic portion and the uncoated portion facilitating a transport of water from the flow channels to the outlet aperture.