Flexible interconnects for fuel cell stacks
Abstract
An interconnect that facilitates electrical connection and mechanical support with minimal mechanical stress for fuel cell stacks. The interconnects are flexible and provide mechanically robust fuel cell stacks with higher stack performance at lower cost. The flexible interconnects replace the prior rigid rib interconnects with flexible "fingers" or contact pads which will accommodate the imperfect flatness of the ceramic fuel cells. Also, the mechanical stress of stacked fuel cells will be smaller due to the flexibility of the fingers. The interconnects can be one-sided or double-sided.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1175123
- Patent Number(s):
- 6815116
- Application Number:
- 09/960,695
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
Citation Formats
Lenz, David J., Chung, Brandon W., and Pham, Ai Quoc. Flexible interconnects for fuel cell stacks. United States: N. p., 2004.
Web.
Lenz, David J., Chung, Brandon W., & Pham, Ai Quoc. Flexible interconnects for fuel cell stacks. United States.
Lenz, David J., Chung, Brandon W., and Pham, Ai Quoc. Tue .
"Flexible interconnects for fuel cell stacks". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175123.
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title = {Flexible interconnects for fuel cell stacks},
author = {Lenz, David J. and Chung, Brandon W. and Pham, Ai Quoc},
abstractNote = {An interconnect that facilitates electrical connection and mechanical support with minimal mechanical stress for fuel cell stacks. The interconnects are flexible and provide mechanically robust fuel cell stacks with higher stack performance at lower cost. The flexible interconnects replace the prior rigid rib interconnects with flexible "fingers" or contact pads which will accommodate the imperfect flatness of the ceramic fuel cells. Also, the mechanical stress of stacked fuel cells will be smaller due to the flexibility of the fingers. The interconnects can be one-sided or double-sided.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Tue Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2004}
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