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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Jean-yves Laurent, Domene, FR;
Marc Plissonnier, Eybens, FR;
Denis Locatelli, Moirans, FR;
Vincent Faucheux, Lans en Vercors, FR;
Jean-Yves Laurent, Domene, FR;
Marc Plissonnier, Eybens, FR;
Denis Locatelli, Moirans, FR;
Vincent Faucheux, Lans en Vercors, FR;
Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Water produced in a fuel cell is managed and/or regulated by an assembly comprising at least one hydrophobic element and a hydrophilic element. The hydrophilic element is in contact with at least one first area of an outer surface of the cathode. The hydrophobic element covers the whole of a face of the hydrophilic element opposite the outer surface of the cathode and comprises at least one through opening releasing an area of said face of the hydrophilic element.