A fuel cell electrode includes a plate having a front surface and a back
surface and also having a plurality of gas delivery holes and a plurality
of gas exhaust holes formed through the plate. The front surface of the
plate has a plurality of open gas distributions channels, a first portion
of which is connected at one end to a first one of the plurality of gas
delivery holes and at another end to a first one of the plurality of gas
exhaust holes, a second portion of which is connected at one end to a
second one of the plurality of gas delivery holes and at another end to a
second one of the plurality of gas exhaust holes, and a third portion of
which is connected at one end to said second one of the plurality of gas
delivery holes and at another end to said first one of the plurality of
gas exhaust holes.
