Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Akio Fujimoto

Takehiro Mugishima

Hitoshi Nagasaki

Ayumi Mizuno

Daigo Mukasa

In this fuel cell, a cathode-side porous film that covers a cathode electrode is interposed between the cathode electrode and an air supply layer, the cathode electrode constituting electrolyte film/electrode structures. In addition, breathing holes are formed in the cathode-side porous film, and the air flowing through air supply passages passes through the breathing holes and is supplied to the cathode electrode.

Fuel cell

According to the present invention, electrolyte membrane electrode structures have a staggered arrangement wherein a part of an anode electrode faces a part of one of two adjacent cathode electrodes, with an electrolyte membrane being interposed therebetween, and another part of the anode electrode faces a part of the other cathode electrode, with an interconnect part being interposed therebetween, said interconnect part being formed in the electrolyte membrane. A fuel cell according to the present invention is additionally provided with a fuel gas supply layer that is provided with a fuel gas supply path in which a fuel gas to be supplied to the anode electrode flows. A wall part between fuel gas supply paths in the fuel gas supply layer is superposed on the interconnect part, with the anode electrode being interposed therebetween.

This fuel cell is provided with a first electrolyte membrane electrode structure and a second electrolyte membrane electrode structure, respective cathode electrodes of which face each other with an oxidant gas supply layer being interposed therebetween. The oxidant gas supply layer has: a first projection part which presses an interconnect part of an electrolyte membrane that constitutes the first electrolyte membrane electrode structure; and a second projection part which presses an interconnect part of an electrolyte membrane that constitutes the second electrolyte membrane electrode structure.

Electrolyte membrane electrode structures that constitute a fuel cell according to the present invention have a staggered arrangement wherein a part of an anode electrode faces a part of one of two adjacent cathode electrodes, with an electrolyte membrane being interposed therebetween, and another part of the anode electrode faces a part of the other cathode electrode, with an interconnect part being interposed therebetween, said interconnect part being formed in the electrolyte membrane. The electrolyte membrane electrode structures are sealed in a laminate layer which is obtained by bonding an anode-side porous film that covers the anode electrode and a cathode-side porous film that covers the cathode electrodes with each other.

A manufacturing method of fuel cell and a fuel cell are provided. The manufacturing method of fuel cell includes a first slit formation process in which first slits are formed in a first electrode, an electrolyte membrane lamination process in which an electrolyte membrane is laminated on the first electrode, an IC formation process in which interconnector portions are formed on the electrolyte membrane, a second slit formation process in which second slits are formed in a second electrode, a second electrode lamination process in which the second electrode is laminated on the electrolyte membrane, and a side edge portion removal process in which side edge portions of the first electrode and the second electrode are removed to divide the first electrode into a plurality of parts via the first slits and to divide the second electrode into a plurality of parts via the second slits.

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Tochigi-ken, Japan

Akio Fujimoto