公开(公告)号：EP1266415A1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-18

申请号：EP01920306.6

申请日：2001-03-13

申请人： ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.

发明人： OVSHINSKY, Stanford, R. ,  VENKATESAN, Srinivasan ,  ALADJOV, Boyko ,  YOUNG, Rosa ,  HOPPER, Thomas

IPC分类号： H01M4/86 ,  H01M8/00 ,  H01M4/58 ,  C01B6/24

CPC分类号： H01M8/186 ,  B60L7/18 ,  B60L11/1885 ,  B60L11/1898 ,  B60L2240/36 ,  C01B3/0031 ,  C01B13/02 ,  H01M4/86 ,  H01M4/8615 ,  H01M8/065 ,  H01M8/08 ,  H01M2004/8684 ,  H01M2004/8689 ,  Y02E60/327 ,  Y02E60/528 ,  Y02T90/34 ,  Y10S420/90

摘要： A fuel cell (7) which has the ability to start up instantly and can accept recaptured energy such as that of regenerative braking by operating in reverse as an electrolyzer. The instant startup fuel cells (7) have increased efficiency and power availability (higher voltage and current) and a dramatic improvement in operating temperature range of about -20 to 150 °C.