METHOD OF MAKING A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL HAVING A POROUS ELECTROLYTE

• Main Authors: ANDERSON HARLAN, SUZUKI TOSHIO, PETROVSKY VLADIMIR, JASINSKI PIOTR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.01.2008
• 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 US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

A method for producing a fuel cell, including applying a porous, non-densified electrolyte layer over an anode substrate, sintering the electrolyte layer to the anode substrate, and applying a porous catalytic anode layer onto the electrolyte and spaced from the anode layer to define a fuel cell to produce a non-gastight fuel cell. Typically, the fuel cell is annealed and substantially porous.