Solid electrolyte fuel cell configuration

A solid electrolyte fuel cell configuration, open to the atmosphere, is provided with:

• a plurality of sheet shaped planar solid electrolyte substrates,
• an anode layer formed on one side of each of said solid electrolyte substrates, and
• a cathode layer formed on the side opposite to said one side of each of solid electrolyte substrates at a position facing said anode layer,
• the plurality of said anode layers and the plurality of said cathode layers facing each other across said solid electrolyte substrates forming a plurality of fuel cells arranged in a plane,
• the plurality of fuel cells being serially connected through a plurality of metal meshes each respectively embedded in or fastened to an anode layer of a respective said fuel cell at a first end and embedded in or fastened to a cathode layer of a respective adjoining fuel cell at a second end,
• where a single solid electrolyte substrate has a single anode layer on one side of the substrate and a single cathode layer on the other side of the substrate to form a single fuel cell,
• where a plurality of said single fuel cells are arranged with predetermined gaps there between,
• where a respective metal mesh has one end embedded in or fastened to the anode layer of a respective cell and the other end embedded in or fastened to the cathode layer of a cell adjacent to said cell,
• where a metal mesh alone is present in the gap between a plurality of cells,
• where the plurality of cells are provided with an anode layer, a cathode layer and a solid electrolyte layer, which are porous, and
• where the plurality of cells are open to the atmosphere and have an anode side arranged in a flame and a cathode side exposed to the atmosphere or an oxygen-containing gas, thereby generating electric power.