Fuel cell stack and manufacturing method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11575137-B2
Application number	US-201916684454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2019
Priority date	Nov 28, 2018
Publication date	Feb 7, 2023
Grant date	Feb 7, 2023

Abstract

A fuel cell stack includes: a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell, each of which has a structure in which a solid oxide electrolyte layer having oxygen ion conductivity is provided between two electrode layers; and an interconnector that is provided between the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell and has a separator made of a metal material, wherein the interconnector has a first metal porous part and a first gas passage on a first face of the separator on a side of the first fuel cell, wherein the interconnector has a second metal porous part and a second gas passage on a second face of the separator on a side of the second fuel cell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fuel cell stack comprising:
a first fuel cell and a second fuel cell, each of which has a structure in which a solid oxide electrolyte layer having oxygen ion conductivity is provided between two electrode layers; and
an interconnector that is provided between the first fuel cell and the second fuel cell and has a separator made of a metal material,
wherein:
the interconnector has a first metal porous part and a first gas passage on a first face of the separator on a side of the first fuel cell,
the interconnector has a second metal porous part and a second gas passage on a second face of the separator on a side of the second fuel cell,
the separator, the first metal porous part, and the second metal porous part are constituted by a sintered structure,
one of the two electrode layers includes a first material which has oxygen ion conductivity and a second material which is different from the first material and has electron conductivity,
other of the two electrode layers includes a third material which has oxygen ion conductivity and a fourth material which is different from the third material and has electron conductivity,
a main component of the first material and a main component of the third material are identical in composition,
a main component of the second material and a main component of the fourth material are identical in composition, and
the two electrodes and the solid oxide electrolyte layer have a sintered structure.

2. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a dense degree of the separator is 90% or more.

3. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the separator is 100 μm or less.

4. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein porosity of the first metal porous part and the second metal porous part is 30% or more and 80% or less.

5. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first metal porous part, the separator and the second metal porous part are stacked in this order,
wherein a total thickness of the first metal porous part, the separator and the second metal porous part is 300 μm or less.

6. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interconnector is made of a material in which electron conductivity on a side of the first fuel cell is higher than that on a side of the second fuel cell, when fuel gas including hydrogen is supplied to the first gas passage and oxidant gas including oxygen is supplied to the second gas passage.

7. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the interconnector is made of a material of which a surface is oxidized into an oxide film when the material is exposed to oxygen.

8. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a total metal ratio of a whole of the fuel cell is 70 volume % or more.

9. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the first material and the third material have an identical composition, and
wherein the second material and the fourth material have an identical composition.

10. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second material and the fourth material are scandia yttria stabilized zirconium oxide.

11. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first material and the third material are a metal.

12. The fuel cell stack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first material and the third material are LaCrO 3 in which Sr is doped or SrTiO 3 in which La is doped.

Assignees

• Taiyo Yuden Kk

Inventors

• Li Xinyu
• Kawamura Chie

Classifications

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• H01M8/2465

  Details of groupings of fuel cells · CPC title

• H01M8/2425

  High-temperature cells with solid electrolytes · CPC title

• H01M8/0258

  characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant · CPC title

• H01M8/2404

  Processes or apparatus for grouping fuel cells · CPC title