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US 6,183,896 B2Granted
Solid oxide fuel cell and a carbon direct-oxidizing-type electrode for the fuel cell
AssigneeAgency of Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsTeruhisa Horita, Natsuko Sakai, Tatsuya Kawada, Harumi Yokokawa, Masayuki Dokiya
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Abstract
There is disclosed a solid oxide fuel cell and a carbon direct-oxydizing-type electrode for the cell. The fuel cell comprises vanadium carbide which is used as the fuel electrode. The vanadium carbide and a carbon-series fuel are used in the fuel electrode.
Claims13
A fuel cell comprising a solid oxide electrolyte and characterized by an
- electrode which consists essentially of vanadium carbide and a carbon-series fuel;
- the electrode further characterized by half cell reaction
- O−2+C→CO+2e−
- occurring at the electrode.
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A fuel cell comprising a solid oxide electrolyte and characterized by an
- electrode which comprises vanadium carbide and a carbon-series fuel;
- the electrode further characterized by half cell reaction
- O−2+C→CO+2e−
- occurring at the electrode.
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