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Fuel cell power generation unit and fuel cell stack

US11394036B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 2016
Grant dateJul 19, 2022
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fuel cell electricity generation unit including a unit cell including an electrolyte layer containing a solid oxide, and a cathode and an anode which face each other with the electrolyte layer intervening therebetween; an electrically conductive current collecting member disposed on the cathode side of the unit cell; an electrically conductive coating which covers the surface of the current collecting member; and an electrically conductive bonding layer which bonds the cathode to the current collecting member covered with the coating, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: the porosity of the coating<the porosity of the bonding layer<the porosity of the cathode.

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