Cd|KOH|NiOOH

Zn|NH4CI|MnO2

Li|LiClO4|MnO2

Pb|H2SO4|PbO2

H2|KOH|O2

life time

Long-term testing of hydrogen-oxygen alkaline matrix fuel multicell stacks

The paper generalizes a many years' experience in manufacturing and testing of multicell PHOTON stacks based on hydrogen-oxygen alkaline matrix fuel cells. Inter-cell processes effecting the stack lifetime are concerned, the main of which is the current flow between cells along a thin electrolyte film in gas collectors. This process is accompanied by electrolyte redistribution among elements resulting in their polarity reversal, and electrochemical corrosion in metal gas collectors of stacks.