Patent ID: 7153601

Claim:
A fuel cell, comprising: a plurality of fuel cell assemblies, each of the fuel cell assemblies including: an electrolyte having a length; an anode having a length and disposed on one side of the electrolyte; and a cathode having a length and disposed on one of the one side and an opposed side of the electrolyte; and a plurality of current collectors, each of the current collectors substantially embedded within at least one of the electrolyte, anode or cathode, established substantially parallel to the respective length of the at least one of the electrolyte, anode or cathode, and continuously extending substantially the respective length of the at least one of the electrolyte, anode or cathode, wherein each of the plurality of current collectors acts as an electrode for the electrodeposition of the at least one of the electrolyte, the anode, or the cathode.