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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Yasushi Sugawara, Neyagawa, JP;
Makoto Uchida, Hirakata, JP;
Hideo Ohara, Kadoma, JP;
Yuko Fukuoka, Kyoto, JP;
Nobuo Eda, Hirakata, JP;
Matshushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A gas diffusion layer including an electroconductive porous material and 16-55% by weight of fluororesin added to the electroconductive porous material is used for at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode of a membrane/electrodes assembly of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. As a result, the water-retaining property of the inside of the membrane/electrodes assembly is improved without hindering gas diffusion, thus enabling polymer electrolyte to be moistened with water formed at the positive electrode, and thereby providing a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which operates by using unhumidified gas.