The Open Fuel Cell Project
An Initiative to Bring Low-cost Fuel Cells to Everyone
The Open Fuel Cell Project

Assembly

Overview: Explosion View of the Cell showing all Components

Here you can see the beautiful exploded view of the Open Fuel Cell. Feel free to click through all the links in the numbered list below to find out what each layer of this electrochemical sandwich is made for.

  1. Air End Plate (cathode), black
  2. Current Collector / Air Inlet, brown (cathode)
  3. Cathode Sealing, yellow
  4. Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA)
  5. Anode Sealing, yellow
  6. Hydrogen flow field, brown (anode)
  7. Hydrogen end plate (anode), brown

Now that you’ve got your first taste of all the bits and pieces of the OFC, it’s time to check your shopping list. More professionally, we would call it the mighty Bill of Materials, or BOM for short.

Get to the BOM!