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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
Electrochemical energy generating apparatus and operating method thereof, and electrochemical device
Kengo Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kengo Makita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrochemical energy generation device includes an electrochemical device such as a fuel cell having an electrolyte film arranged between an anode and a cathode and a reference electrode maintained at an oxidation-reduction potential between an metal and a metal ion and arranged in contact with the electrolyte film. The electrochemical energy generation device is operated by measuring a potential of the anode and the cathode based on the reference electrode, deciding the operation condition such as a fuel supply amount to the electrochemical device according to the result of the potential measurement of the anode and the cathode, and selling the operation condition such as the fuel supply amount according to the decision, by an operation condition setting unit. An operation method of the device and an electrochemical device constituting the device are also provided.