The invention relates to the technical field of
fuel cells, and provides a PEM fuel
cell stack rapid
activation method and
system, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, connecting a to-be-activated fuel
cell stack to a load, introducing air into a
cathode of a fuel
cell, introducing
hydrogen into an
anode of the fuel cell, and loading to a rated current or a rated
voltage of the fuel cell for self-humidification; s2, changing the load to a first single-
chip voltage, and recording a first current corresponding to the first single-
chip voltage; s3, greatly reducing the air supply of the
cathode of the fuel cell, and adjusting the load to adjust the current to a second current after the voltage of the single sheet is reduced to be lower than the second voltage of the single sheet, so that the membrane
electrode of the fuel cell is subjected to
hydrogen pump reaction; s4, recovering the air supply amount of the
cathode of the fuel cell, recovering the current to the first current, and recording a third monolithic voltage; s5, repeating the steps S3 and S4 until the voltage of the third
single chip is stable; and S6, loading the rated current or the rated voltage of the fuel cell to carry out self-humidification. The method has the advantages of accelerating activation of the fuel cell stack and reducing the
hydrogen consumption.