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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a metal separator for fuel cells that can equalize the wet environment of a membrane electrode assembly and a manufacturing method thereof. A metal separator for fuel cells and a manufacturing method thereof are characterized in that, a first separator () made of metal, which is layered in a membrane electrode assembly () to which a pair of electrodes is provided on both sides of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane (), is formed into a corrugated sheet shape having convex parts and concaved parts, a noble metal thin film () is formed on a convex part () of the first separator (), and holes () through which the first separator () is exposed are formed in the noble metal thin film ().