Proton-conducting ceramic fuel cell architecture
AssigneeVersa Power Systems, Ltd.
InventorsAnthony WOOD, Zheng TANG, Tahir JOIA
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a proton-conducting fuel cell (PCFC) includes assembling a green anode-electrolyte half-cell. The green anode-electrolyte half-cell includes an electrolyte layer, an anode functional layer adjacent the electrolyte layer, an anode substrate layer adjacent the electrolyte layer, and a stress balancing layer adjacent the anode substrate layer. The method further includes sintering the green anode-electrolyte half-cell using solid state reaction sintering to form an anode-electrolyte half-cell.
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A method of manufacturing a proton-conducting fuel cell (PCFC), the method comprising:
- assembling a green anode-electrolyte half-cell comprising:
- an electrolyte layer;
- an anode functional layer adjacent the electrolyte layer;
- an anode substrate layer adjacent the electrolyte layer;
- and
- a stress balancing layer adjacent the anode substrate layer;
- and
- sintering the green anode-electrolyte half-cell using solid state reaction sintering to form an anode-electrolyte half-cell.
A proton-conducting fuel cell comprising:
- an electrolyte layer;
- an anode functional layer adjacent the electrolyte layer;
- an anode substrate layer adjacent the electrolyte layer;
- and
- a stress balancing layer adjacent the anode substrate layer.
A proton-conducting fuel cell comprising:
- an electrolyte layer;
- an anode functional layer adjacent the electrolyte layer;
- an anode substrate layer adjacent the electrolyte layer;
- and
- a coarse NiO layer adjacent the anode substrate layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.