Patent · US Expired

Power connection element for solid-electrolyte fuel cells

US5387476A · kind A · utility

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3References

11Claims

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Assignee

Dornier GmbH · DE

Inventors

Alfred Koch · Meersburg, DE
Richard Spaeh · Helmstedt, DE
Wolfgang Schaefer

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 1994
Grant date	Feb 7, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2014

Classification

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

Abstract

A power connection element for planar fuel cells, comprising a cell-side ceramic plate, a joining layer made of electrically conductive glass which is viscous under operating conditions, and a metallic current collector plate. All three joined elements exhibit a mutually compatible thermal expansion behavior.

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