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High performance cermet electrodes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:865814

Disclosed is a method of increasing the operating cell voltage of a solid oxide electrochemical cell having metal electrode particles in contact with an oxygen-transporting ceramic electrolyte. The metal electrode is heated with the cell, and oxygen is passed through the oxygen-transporting ceramic electrolyte to the surface of the metal electrode particles so that the metal electrode particles are oxidized to form a metal oxide layer between the metal electrode particles and the electrolyte. The metal oxide layer is then reduced to form porous metal between the metal electrode particles and the ceramic electrolyte.

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-80ET17089
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Patent Number(s):
4,582,766
Application Number:
06/716,864
OSTI ID:
865814
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English