Solid oxide fuel cell assembly
AssigneeIGR Enterprises, Inc.
InventorArnold Z. Gordon
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Abstract
There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell comprising a solid state electrolytic cell wherein the solid electrolyte is a ductile composite comprising an ordered, repeating array of ductile intersupported continuous fibers substantially surrounding a ceramic matrix, and means for connecting the cell to an electrical load whereby when current is passed through the cell, fuel and air are converted into electric power.
Claims11
A solid oxide fuel cell comprising a solid state electrolytic cell wherein the solid electrolyte is a ductile composite comprising a regular, ordered, repeating array of ductile intersupported continuous fibers intimately mixed with a ceramic matrix, and means for connecting said cell to an electrical load, whereby when current is generated from said cell, fuel and air are converted to electric power.
A solid state fuel cell comprising a solid state electrolytic cell wherein the solid electrolyte is a composite comprising an ionically conductive ceramic phase substantially surrounded and supported by a continuous, ordered, ductile metallic array.
A solid state electrolytic laminar cell comprising:
- a center sheet of solid electrolyte composite comprising an ionically conductive ceramic material surrounding and supported by a continuous ordered ductile array of metallic fibers, the sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a layer of mixed ionic and electronic conductive material coating each surface of the center sheet;
- and a thin layer of electronically conductive and gas porous material coating each layer of the mixed conductive material, thereby forming a cathode on the bottom surface thereof and an anode on the top surface thereof.
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