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US 2026/0297768 A1Published application
Electrochemical cell stack interconnect including screen printed features and methods of forming same
AssigneeBloom Energy Corporation
InventorsHarald HERCHEN, Richard A. VILLA, Cheng-Yu LIN, Emad EL BATAWI
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Abstract
A method of forming an interconnect for an electrochemical cell stack includes providing a metal alloy interconnect plate having a flat air side and an opposing fuel side containing fuel ribs, and printing metal oxide air ribs on the air side using at least one ink containing metal oxide particles.
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An interconnect for an electrochemical cell stack, comprising:
- a metal alloy interconnect plate comprising an air side and an opposing fuel side;
- fuel ribs located on the fuel side;
- and
- metal oxide air ribs located on the air side, wherein the metal oxide air ribs comprise at least 50 atomic percent oxygen throughout an entire height of the metal oxide ribs.
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A method of forming an interconnect for an electrochemical cell stack, the method comprising:
- providing a metal alloy interconnect plate comprising a flat air side and an opposing fuel side containing fuel ribs;
- and
- printing metal oxide air ribs on the air side using at least one ink comprising metal oxide particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.