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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Angelo Mercuri, Seven Hills, OH (US);
Daniel Witold Krassowski, Columbia Station, OH (US);
Assignee:
Graftech Inc., Lakewood, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/86 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/86 ;
Abstract
An electrode for an electrochemical fuel cell is provided. More particularly, an electrode formed of a sheet of a compressed mass of expanded graphite particles having a plurality of transverse fluid channels passing through the sheet between first and second opposed surfaces of the sheet, is provided. The size, shape and/or placement of the channels, and/or the density of the sheet, is engineered so as to reduce or minimize flooding in the fuel cell.