Solid oxide fuel cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10665879-B2
Application number	US-201716099354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

The present specification relates to a solid oxide fuel cell including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte layer provided between the anode and the cathode and a method for fabricating the solid oxide fuel cell.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An anode support type solid oxide fuel cell in which, comprising:
an anode support, an anode functional layer, an electrolyte, and a cathode sequentially provided,
wherein
the electrolyte includes ceria-based metal oxide,
the cathode includes a cathode thin film layer provided on the electrolyte and a cathode thick film layer provided on the cathode thin film layer,
the thickness of the cathode thin film layer is less than 50 nm, the porosity of the cathode thin film layer is 1% or less,
the thickness of the cathode thick film layer is 20 μm or more and 40 μm or less, the porosity of the cathode thick film layer is 30% or more,
a contact area between the electrolyte and the cathode thin film layer is about 100% based on the entire area of one side facing the cathode thin film layer of the surface of the electrolyte, and
a contact area between the cathode thin film layer and the cathode thick film layer is 80% or more and 97% or less based on the entire area of one side facing the cathode thick film layer of the surface of the cathode thin film layer.

2. The anode support type solid oxide fuel cell of claim 1 , further comprising a sealing layer sealing the solid oxide fuel cell, wherein on the one side facing the cathode thick film layer of the surface of the cathode thin film layer, a part or all of a portion of the cathode thin film layer which does not contact the cathode thick film layer contacts the sealing layer, and
a contact area between the cathode thin film layer and the sealing layer is 3% or more and 20% or less based on the entire area of the one side facing the cathode thick film layer of the surface of the cathode thin film layer.

3. The anode support type solid oxide fuel cell of claim 2 , wherein on the one side facing the cathode thick film layer of the surface of the cathode thin film layer, the cathode thick film layer and the sealing layer are spaced apart from each other.

4. The anode support type solid oxide fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein the ceria-based metal oxide includes at least one selected from the group consisting of samarium doped ceria and gadolinium doped ceria.

5. The anode support type solid oxide fuel cell of claim 1 , wherein based on the entire area of one side facing the anode functional layer of the surface of the electrolyte, a contact area between the electrolyte and the anode functional layer is about 100%.

6. A battery module including the solid oxide fuel cell of claim 1 as a unit cell.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jong Woo
• Ryoo Changseok
• Choi Kwangwook
• Lee Jongjin
• Choi Jeong Mi
• Son Bu Won
• Baek Doohyun

Classifications

• H01M8/2425

  High-temperature cells with solid electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M8/126 Primary

  the electrolyte containing cerium oxide · CPC title

• H01M4/8657

  layered · CPC title

• H01M8/1213

  characterised by the electrode/electrolyte combination or the supporting material · CPC title

• H01M2008/1293

  Fuel cells with solid oxide electrolytes · CPC title