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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Ju Hee Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a method of manufacturing a fuel cell, and a fuel cell manufactured according to the method. The method includes bonding a sub-gasket, provided with an air inlet and a hydrogen inlet, to a side surface of a three-layer membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) including an electrolyte membrane, a cathode located on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode located on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane; stacking a gas diffusion layer, which comprises an antioxidant precursor, on at least one of the cathode and the anode and preparing a five-layer MEA; and applying a current to the five-layer MEA and moving an antioxidant, which is derived from the antioxidant precursor, to the electrolyte membrane.