The manufacturing method for the fuel cell unit includes a stacking step and a laser irradiation step. In the stacking step, a stacked portion including, stacked together, a resin frame member of a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and an outer peripheral portion of a separator is placed on a metal spacer. The resin frame member at a joining target portion of the stacked portion is placed so as to face a recess of the metal spacer. In the laser irradiation step, the separator at the joining target portion in a state where the resin frame member faces the recess is irradiated with a laser beam to thereby form a welded portion where the resin frame member and the separator are welded to each other.

A heat and chemical resistant sealant for fuel cells that includes a fluoroelastomer sealant and a fluoroplastic gasket. The fluoroelastomer sealant is dispensed around a perimeter of a top surface of a bipolar plate. The compliant sealant conforms to surface imperfections of the bipolar plate. A fluoroplastic gasket is positioned over the fluoroelastomer sealant and bipolar plate. When compressed, the combination of the fluoroelastomer sealant and fluoroplastic gasket provide a reliable seal that can withstand the high operating temperatures of fuel cells.

A heat and chemical resistant sealant for fuel cells that includes a fluoroelastomer sealant and a fluoroplastic gasket. The fluoroelastomer sealant is dispensed around a perimeter of a top surface of a bipolar plate. The compliant sealant conforms to surface imperfections of the bipolar plate. A fluoroplastic gasket is positioned over the fluoroelastomer sealant and bipolar plate. When compressed, the combination of the fluoroelastomer sealant and fluoroplastic gasket provide a reliable seal that can withstand the high operating temperatures of fuel cells.

The present disclosure provides a separator-integrated gasket and a manufacturing method therefor, with which the likelihood of the gasket peeling away from the separator can be reduced while reducing the number of manufacturing steps. The separator-integrated gasket includes gaskets 210, 220 that are provided integrally with a separator 200 forming a fuel cell, wherein the separator 200 is formed from carbon to which a thermoplastic first resin material has been added, and the gaskets 210, 220 are formed from a thermoplastic second resin material that is compatible with the first resin material.

The present disclosure provides a separator-integrated gasket and a manufacturing method therefor, with which the likelihood of the gasket peeling away from the separator can be reduced while reducing the number of manufacturing steps. The separator-integrated gasket includes gaskets 210, 220 that are provided integrally with a separator 200 forming a fuel cell, wherein the separator 200 is formed from carbon to which a thermoplastic first resin material has been added, and the gaskets 210, 220 are formed from a thermoplastic second resin material that is compatible with the first resin material.

Disclosed is a separator for a fuel cell. The separator includes a separator main body formed in a plate shape such that a first surface thereof forms a reaction surface and a second surface thereof forms a cooling surface, each of which has a reaction area at a center portion thereof and formed with multiple manifold areas through which multiple manifolds to which a reaction gas or a coolant is respectively introduced or discharged pass to opposite sides of the reaction area, and in which a pair of diffusion areas that diffuse the reaction gas or the coolant are formed between the reaction area and the pair of manifold areas, and includes multiple flow path guide gaskets formed on the pair of diffusion areas and configured such that multiple diffusion flow paths dispersed to the reaction area from at least a pair of the manifolds respectively formed on the pair of manifold areas are formed.

A sheet member includes a pair of main surfaces opposing each other. A maximum thickness that is a maximum interval between the pair of main surfaces is 40 μm or more and 450 μm or less. The sheet member has a region in which a plurality of coherent pattern lines appear when viewed from a direction facing the pair of main surfaces, the plurality of coherent pattern lines being arranged at intervals in a direction in which one edge portion and another edge portion opposing the one edge portion oppose each other, and a pair in the plurality of coherent pattern lines adjacent to each other do not intersect.

A sheet member includes a pair of main surfaces opposing each other. A maximum thickness that is a maximum interval between the pair of main surfaces is 40 μm or more and 450 μm or less. The sheet member has a region in which a plurality of coherent pattern lines appear when viewed from a direction facing the pair of main surfaces, the plurality of coherent pattern lines being arranged at intervals in a direction in which one edge portion and another edge portion opposing the one edge portion oppose each other, and a pair in the plurality of coherent pattern lines adjacent to each other do not intersect.

A resin frame member is produced by using a method of producing a resin frame member for a fuel cell. An inner peripheral end of the resin frame member includes an inclined surface formed over the entire periphery thereof. The inclined surface is inclined inward from one surface of the resin frame member toward the other surface of the resin frame member. The width of the inclined surface is gradually reduced from the center toward both ends of each side part of the inner peripheral end in a direction in which the side part of the inner peripheral end extends.

A resin frame member is produced by using a method of producing a resin frame member for a fuel cell. An inner peripheral end of the resin frame member includes an inclined surface formed over the entire periphery thereof. The inclined surface is inclined inward from one surface of the resin frame member toward the other surface of the resin frame member. The width of the inclined surface is gradually reduced from the center toward both ends of each side part of the inner peripheral end in a direction in which the side part of the inner peripheral end extends.