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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Yoshiko Hishitani, Yokohama, JP;
Itaru Shibata, Kamakura, JP;
Fuminori Satou, Yokohama, JP;
Keiko Kushibiki, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasushi Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Ibuka, Ebina, JP;
Yoshiko Hishitani, Yokohama, JP;
Itaru Shibata, Kamakura, JP;
Fuminori Satou, Yokohama, JP;
Keiko Kushibiki, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasushi Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Ibuka, Ebina, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell collector structure of the present invention includes a single cell which is formed by sandwiching a plate-shaped solid electrolyte between a fuel electrode and an air electrode, a collector which is provided at a position adjacent to the single cell, and a separator which is provided at the position adjacent to the collector. In the fuel cell collector structure, the collector is made of a porous electric conductor having a plurality of apertures on a surface, the single cell and/or the separator has a plurality of electrically conductive projections on the surface, and the projections intrude into the apertures to come into contact with the collector.