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Solid electrolyte fuel cells

US5273837A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1992
Grant dateDec 28, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

Thermal-shock-resistant fuel cell designs comprising flat and corrugated ceramic sheets combined to form channeled structures, the sheets being provided as thin, flexible ceramics and being particularly effective when used as components of compliant electrolyte substructures incorporating the flexible ceramics with fuel cell electrodes and/or current conductors bonded thereto, are described.

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