Electrode slurry of solid oxide fuel cell, green sheet for electrode of solid oxide fuel cell, electrode of solid oxide fuel cell, and method for manufacturing solid oxide fuel cell and electrode of solid oxide fuel cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10615420-B2
Application number	US-201615533540-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	Sep 18, 2015
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

The present specification relates to an electrode slurry of a solid oxide fuel cell, a green sheet for an electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell, an electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell, a solid oxide fuel cell, and a method for manufacturing an electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrode slurry of a solid oxide fuel cell, comprising:
oxygen ion conductive inorganic particles;
a pore forming agent;
a controlled flocculating agent,
wherein the controlled flocculating agent comprises at least one of an alkylol ammonium salt of a polycarboxylic acid salt, a polyamine salt, an alkylol ammonium salt of an unsaturated fatty acid, and a low-molecular weight unsaturated polycarboxylic acid polyester; and
a solvent.

2. The electrode slurry of claim 1 , wherein the electrode slurry further comprises a metal or a metal oxide comprising at least one of Ni, NiO, Ru, Co, and Pt.

3. The electrode slurry of claim 1 , wherein the controlled flocculating agent is a cross-linkable flocculating agent which forms cross-linkages among the oxygen ion conductive inorganic particles.

4. The electrode slurry of claim 1 , wherein the controlled flocculating agent is an organic flocculating agent.

5. The electrode slurry of claim 2 , wherein based on a total weight of the oxygen ion conductive inorganic particles, the metal or the metal oxide, and the pore forming agent, a content of the controlled flocculating agent is 1 wt % or more and 20 wt % or less.

6. A green sheet for an electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell, which is manufactured by using the electrode slurry of claim 1 .

7. An electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell, which is manufactured by using the electrode slurry of claim 1 .

8. The electrode of claim 7 , wherein the electrode has a porosity of 20% or more and 50% or less.

9. The electrode of claim 7 , wherein a pore formation rate of a pore forming agent according to the following Equation 1 is 0.7 or more:

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in Equation 1, A is a content (vol %) of the pore forming agent based on a sum of volumes of the inorganic material and the pore forming agent, and B is a porosity (%) of an electrode.

10. The electrode of claim 7 , wherein the electrode has a pore size of 0.1 μm or more and 500 μm or less.

11. A solid oxide fuel cell sequentially comprising:
a fuel electrode;
an electrolyte layer; and
an air electrode,
wherein at least one of the fuel electrode and the air electrode comprises the electrode according to claim 7 .

12. A solid oxide fuel cell sequentially comprising:
a fuel electrode;
an electrolyte layer; and
an air electrode,
wherein the fuel electrode comprises the electrode according to claim 7 .

13. The solid oxide fuel cell of claim 12 , wherein the electrode is a fuel electrode support having a thickness of 1 μm or more.

14. The solid oxide fuel cell of claim 13 , wherein the fuel electrode further comprises a fuel electrode functional layer disposed between the fuel electrode support and the electrolyte layer.

15. A method for manufacturing an electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell, the method comprising:
forming a green sheet for an electrode of a solid oxide fuel cell by using the electrode slurry according to claim 1 ; and
manufacturing an electrode by sintering the green sheet for the electrode of the solid oxide fuel cell.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the sintering of the green sheet for the electrode of the solid oxide fuel cell is forming pores in a solidified body solidified with the oxygen ion conductive inorganic particles while the oxygen ion conductive inorganic particles are solidified and the controlled flocculating agent is removed.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the electrode is a fuel electrode support of a solid oxide fuel cell.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Yoon Kiyoul
• Joo Hyosook
• Choi Kwangwook
• Choi Hyeon
• Shin Dong Oh
• Son Bu Won

Classifications

• H01M8/1246

  the electrolyte consisting of oxides · CPC title

• H01M4/8605 Primary

  Porous electrodes · CPC title

• H01M4/8875

  Methods for shaping the electrode into free-standing bodies, like sheets, films or grids, e.g. moulding, hot-pressing, casting without support, extrusion without support · CPC title

• H01M2008/1293

  Fuel cells with solid oxide electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M4/9058

  of noble metals or noble-metal based alloys · CPC title