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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2009
Seong Pil Ryu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sun Soon Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Nam Woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang Uk Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seo Ho Choi, Seoul, KR;
Duck Whan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seong Pil Ryu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sun Soon Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Nam Woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang Uk Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seo Ho Choi, Seoul, KR;
Duck Whan Kim, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a current collector of an end plate for a fuel cell and a method for controlling the same, in which a plurality of current collector plates having different resistance values is mounted on an end plate so that the current of a fuel cell is consumed during cold start and during low power operation to improve cold startability of the fuel cell and, further, the durability of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is improved due to an increase in voltage during low power operation.