High strength support for solid oxide fuel cell

• Main Authors: KELLER, JOSEPH M, JAIN, KAILASH C, GILLISPIE, BRYAN A, KERR, RICK D, PARSIAN, MOHAMMAD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.03.2009
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

An anode for use in an anode-supported planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is formed from a Ni-YSZ cermet composition that includes a sintering aid selected from the group consisting of an oxide, a carbonate, and mixtures thereof of at least one metal of Group 2 of the Periodic Table.