Patent ID: 7572302

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a sheet chemical cell, comprising: preparing an electrolyte membrane sheet having a plurality of cathode plates on one face thereof and a plurality of anode plates on a face thereof opposed to said one face, and having a slot at positions between every two adjoining cathode plates of the plurality of cathode plates and a slot at positions between every two adjoining anode plates of the plurality of anode plates; laminating at least one thermoplastic sheet, having a cathode wiring layer on one face thereof, on said one face of the electrolyte membrane sheet, and laminating at least one thermoplastic sheet, having an anode wiring layer on one face thereof, on said face of the electrolyte membrane sheet opposed to said one face, in such a manner that the cathode wiring layer is in contact with the cathode plates and the anode wiring layer is in contact with the anode plates; and hot-crimping a set of the electrolyte membrane sheet having the thermoplastic sheets laminated thereon, wherein the plurality of cathode plates and the plurality of anode plates are at opposed locations, on the one face and the face opposed to the one face, of the electrolyte membrane sheet, wherein after said hot-crimping the slots are filled with thermoplastic resin of the thermoplastic sheets, and wherein after the hot-crimping anode and cathode wiring layers are connected via the slots.