Solid oxide fuel cell and inter-connector
AssigneeNgk Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuo Okuyama, Takayuki Kumakiri
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Abstract
A solid oxide fuel cell includes a fuel cell body and an inter-connector. The inter-connector has a base portion and a plurality of projecting portions projecting from the base portion toward the fuel cell body and electrically connected to the fuel cell body, and is integrally formed from a metallic material. Each of the projecting portions has a contour composed of a pair of linear portions which are disposed parallel to each other and each of which includes a straight line, and a pair of curved portions which connect opposite ends of the linear portions.
Claims10
A solid oxide fuel cell comprising:
- a fuel cell body which has a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer formed of an oxide, and an anode layer and which has a power generation function;
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- an inter-connector which has a base portion and a plurality of projecting portions projecting from the base portion toward the fuel cell body and electrically connected to the fuel cell body and which is integrally formed from a metallic material, wherein
- each of the projecting portions has a contour composed of a pair of linear portions which are disposed parallel to each other and each of which includes a straight line, and a pair of curved portions which connect opposite ends of the linear portions;
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- a cross section of each projecting portion taken along a straight line connecting the centers of the pair of linear portions and perpendicular to the pair of linear portions has a first region whose radius of curvature is 1 to 70 mm, a pair of second regions whose first ends are connected to opposite ends of the first region and whose radius of curvature is 0.1 to 0.5 mm, and a pair of third regions which connect second ends of the second regions to the base portion.
A solid oxide fuel cell comprising:
- a fuel cell body which has a cathode layer, a solid electrolyte layer formed of an oxide, and an anode layer and which has a power generation function;
- a second fuel cell body which has a second cathode layer, a second solid electrolyte layer formed of an oxide, and a second anode layer and which has a power generation function;
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- an inter-connector integrally formed from a metallic material and interposed between the fuel cell body and the second fuel cell body, the inter-connector having a plurality of projecting portions projecting toward the fuel cell body and electrically connected to the fuel cell body, and a plurality of second projecting portions projecting toward the second fuel cell body and electrically connected to the second fuel cell body, wherein
- each of the projecting portions and the second projecting portions has a contour composed of a pair of linear portions which are disposed parallel to each other and each of which includes a straight line, and a pair of curved portions which connect opposite ends of the linear portions;
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- a cross section of each of the projecting portions and the second projecting portions taken along a straight line connecting the centers of the pair of linear portions and perpendicular to the pair of linear portions is divided into a first region whose radius of curvature is 1 to 70 mm, a pair of second regions whose first ends are connected to opposite ends of the first region and whose radius of curvature is 0.1 to 0.5 mm, and a pair of third regions which connect second ends of the second regions to the base portion.
An inter connector which is integrally formed from a metallic material and which has a plurality of projecting portions projecting toward a fuel cell body and electrically connected to the fuel cell body, wherein
- each of the projecting portions has a contour composed of a pair of linear portions which are disposed parallel to each other and each of which includes a straight line, and a pair of curved portions which connect opposite ends of the linear portions;
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- a cross section of each projecting portion taken along a straight line connecting the centers of the pair of linear portions and perpendicular to the pair of linear portions has a first region whose radius of curvature is 1 to 70 mm, a pair of second regions whose first ends are connected to opposite ends of the first region and whose radius of curvature is 0.1 to 0.5 mm, and a pair of third regions which connect second ends of the second regions to the base portion.
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