Automated brush plating process for solid oxide fuel cells

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI ID:874995

Long, Jeffrey William ^[1]

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1. Pittsburgh, PA

A method of depositing a metal coating (28) on the interconnect (26) of a tubular, hollow fuel cell (10) contains the steps of providing the fuel cell (10) having an exposed interconnect surface (26); contacting the inside of the fuel cell (10) with a cathode (45) without use of any liquid materials; passing electrical current through a contacting applicator (46) which contains a metal electrolyte solution; passing the current from the applicator (46) to the cathode (45) and contacting the interconnect (26) with the applicator (46) and coating all of the exposed interconnect surface.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-97FT34139
• Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (Orlando, FL)
• Patent Number(s): US 6508925
• OSTI ID: 874995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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