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Bipolar plate, cell frame, battery cell, cell stack, and redox flow battery

Grant US12586806B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

Inventors

Takashi Kanno

Abstract

Provided is a bipolar plate including a first surface and a second surface facing each other, in which each of the first surface and the second surface includes a first edge, a second edge, and a middle region, the middle region includes a plurality of groove portions through which the electrolyte flows, the middle region includes a specific cross section obtained by cutting the bipolar plate in a specific direction, the specific direction is a direction orthogonal to a direction from the first edge toward the second edge, the specific cross section is a cross section having a cross-sectional area ratio B/(A+B) greater than or equal to 0.05 and less than or equal to 0.60, A is a cross-sectional area of the bipolar plate, and B is a total cross-sectional area of the plurality of groove portions.

CPC Classifications

H01M 8/188 H01M 4/86 H01M 2004/8694 H01M 8/02 H01M 8/0247 H01M 8/0258 H01M 8/026 H01M 8/0273 H01M 8/2483 H01M 8/18 Y02E 60/50

Filing Date

2020-09-29

Application No.

18028371

Claims

11