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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Hiroshi Iden, Yokosuka, JP;
Ryoichi Shimoi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Iden, Yokosuka, JP;
Ryoichi Shimoi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/22 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04828 (2013.01); H01M 8/04223 (2013.01); H01M 8/0432 (2013.01); H01M 8/04492 (2013.01); H01M 8/04619 (2013.01); H01M 8/04701 (2013.01); H01M 8/04798 (2013.01); H01M 8/1002 (2013.01); Y02E 60/521 (2013.01);
Abstract
A performance recovery operation for a fuel cell system effectively restores a fuel electrode such that, upon starting or stopping of operation of the fuel cell, both fuel and oxidizing electrodes are disposed in a hydrogen atmosphere and then the fuel electrode is maintained at a higher potential level than in a normal operation.