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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Tomohiro Ogawa, Susono, JP;
Masaaki Kondo, Owariasahi, JP;
Kazunori Shibata, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Kajiwara, Gotemba, JP;
Tsutomu Shirakawa, Susono, JP;
Satoshi Futami, Toyota, JP;
Tomohiro Ogawa, Susono, JP;
Masaaki Kondo, Owariasahi, JP;
Kazunori Shibata, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Kajiwara, Gotemba, JP;
Tsutomu Shirakawa, Susono, JP;
Satoshi Futami, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Abstract
A fuel cell has: an electrolyte; an anode provided on one side of the electrolyte and having a fuel-gas consuming face at which fuel gas is consumed; a cathode provided on the other side of the electrolyte and having an oxidizing-gas consuming face at which oxidizing gas is consumed; and a fuel-gas passage portion forming a passage through which fuel gas is supplied to predetermined regions of the fuel-gas consuming face of the anode. The fuel cell has an operation mode in which almost the entire amount of the supplied fuel gas is consumed at the fuel-gas consuming face of the anode.