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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Sergei F. Burlatsky, West Hartford, CT (US);
Jean Colpin, Avon, CT (US);
Shubhro Ghosh, Manchester, CT (US);
Nikunj Gupta, Windsor, CT (US);
Patrick L. Hagans, Columbia, CT (US);
Weilong Zhang, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Sergei F. Burlatsky, West Hartford, CT (US);
Jean Colpin, Avon, CT (US);
Shubhro Ghosh, Manchester, CT (US);
Nikunj Gupta, Windsor, CT (US);
Patrick L. Hagans, Columbia, CT (US);
Weilong Zhang, Glastonbury, CT (US);
UTC Fuel Cells, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
A bipolar plate () for use in a fuel cell stack () includes one or more first metal layers () having a tendency to grow an electrically passive layer in the presence of a fuel cell reactant gas and one or more second metal layers () directly adjacent the one or more first metal layers (). The second metal layer has a tendency to resist growing any oxide layer in the presence of the fuel cell reactant gas to maintain a threshold electrical conductivity. The second metal layer also has a section for contacting an electrode () and providing an electrically conductive path between the electrode () and the first metal layer.