Electrolyte reservoir for carbonate fuel cells

Patent · 01 January 1985

OSTI ID:865650

Iacovangelo, Charles D.; Shores, David A.

An electrode for a carbonate fuel cell and method of making same wherein a substantially uniform mixture of an electrode-active powder and porous ceramic particles suitable for a carbonate fuel cell are formed into an electrode with the porous ceramic particles having pores in the range of from about 1 micron to about 3 microns, and a carbonate electrolyte is in the pores of the ceramic particles.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-80ET17019
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 4,548,877
• Application Number: 06/612,951
• OSTI ID: 865650
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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