Method of making an air electrode material having controlled sinterability

Patent · 01 January 1994

OSTI ID:869472

Vasilow, Theodore R ^[1]; Kuo, Lewis J. H. ^[2]; Ruka, Roswell J ^[3]

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1. Penn Township, Westmoreland County, PA
2. Monroeville, PA
3. Churchill Boro, PA

A tubular, porous ceramic electrode structure (3) is made from the sintered admixture of doped lanthanum manganite and an additive containing cerium where a solid electrolyte (4), substantially surrounds the air electrode, and a porous outer fuel electrode (7) substantially surrounds the electrolyte, to form a fuel cell (1).

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Pittsburgh, PA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-91MC28055
• Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5342704
• OSTI ID: 869472
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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