Alloy member, cell stack, and cell stack device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11522202-B2
Application number	US-201916728289-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 7, 2018
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

An alloy member includes a base member that includes a plurality of recesses in a surface and is constituted by an alloy material containing chromium, a plurality of embedded portions that are respectively disposed in the plurality of recesses, and a coating layer that covers the base member and is connected to the plurality of embedded portions. An average value of actual lengths of line segments of the plurality of embedded portions is longer than an average value of straight lengths of straight lines of the plurality of embedded portions in a cross-section of the base member along a thickness direction of the base member. The average value of the actual lengths is 1.10 times or more the average value of the lengths of the straight lines.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An alloy member comprising:
a base member including a plurality of recesses in a surface of the base member and comprising an alloy material containing chromium;
a plurality of embedded portions respectively disposed in the plurality of recesses and comprising a ceramic material; and
a coating layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the base member and being connected to the plurality of embedded portions,
an average value of actual lengths of line segments of the plurality of embedded portions being longer than an average value of straight lengths of straight lines of the plurality of embedded portions in a cross-section of the base member along a thickness direction of the base member, each line segment connecting midpoints in a surface direction of a part of the embedded portion that is embedded in the recess, the surface direction being perpendicular to the thickness direction, each straight line connecting a start point and an end point of the line segment, and
the average value of the actual lengths being between 1.10 and 2.00 times the average value of the straight lengths.

2. The alloy member according to claim 1 , wherein
a bonding length between the plurality of embedded portions and the coating layer is 0.1 μm or more.

3. A cell stack comprising:
an electrochemical cell; and
the alloy member according to claim 1 , wherein
the alloy member is a current collector member that is electrically connected to the electrochemical cell.

4. A cell stack device comprising:
an electrochemical cell; and
the alloy member according to claim 1 , wherein
the alloy member is a manifold for supporting a base end point of the electrochemical cell.

5. The alloy member according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of embedded portions is comprising a material that is different from a material of the coating layer.

6. The alloy member according to claim 1 , wherein
in the plurality of embedded portions, an average content of an element whose equilibrium oxygen pressure is lower than that of chromium is 0.05 or more, in terms of a cation ratio.

Assignees

• Ngk Insulators Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Yuki
• Nakamura Toshiyuki
• Ohmori Makoto

Classifications

• H01M8/2484

  characterised by external manifolds · CPC title

• H01M8/0208

  Alloys · CPC title

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• H01M8/0247

  characterised by the form (characterised by a channel configuration H01M8/0258) · CPC title

• C23C26/00

  Coating not provided for in groups C23C2/00 - C23C24/00 · CPC title