公开(公告)号：US20220246963A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17161839

申请日：2021-01-29

Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

Inventor： Zhiwei Yang ,  Robert Mason Darling

IPC: H01M8/04746 ,  H01M8/1011 ,  H01M4/88 ,  H01M8/04186 ,  H01M8/04089 ,  H01M8/0247

Abstract: A direct methanol fuel cell includes a cathode electrode, an anode electrode and a membrane located between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. An anode hydrophilic microporous plate (HMP) is located at an anode side of the fuel cell. The anode HMP has a front side and a back side opposite the front side, and the front side is positioned closer to the anode electrode than the back side. An anode gas diffusion layer is located in an anode chamber defined between the anode electrode and the anode HMP. A flow of methanol fuel is introduced into the back side of the anode hydrophilic microporous plate or to the anode chamber.