Increasing the lifetime of fuel cells due to cell-specific short circuit

摘要

The invention relates to a method for increasing the service life of a fuel cell stack for a motor vehicle, which comprises a plurality of fuel cells (1). According to the invention, it is provided that at least one of the fuel cells (1) of the fuel cell stack (5) is individually short-circuited during a start or a shutdown process of the fuel cell stack (5).