Method of sealing a bipolar plate supported solid oxide fuel cell with a sealed anode compartment
Abstract
Methods of sealing a bipolar plate supported solid oxide fuel cell with a sealed anode compartment are provided. The solid oxide fuel cell includes a cathode, an electrolyte, and an anode, which are supported on a metallic bipolar plate assembly including gas flow fields and the gas impermeable bipolar plate. The electrolyte and anode are sealed into an anode compartment with a metal perimeter seal. An improved method of sealing is provided by extending the metal seal around the entire perimeter of the cell between an electrolyte and the bipolar plate to form the anode compartment. During a single-step high temperature sintering process the metal seal bonds to the edges of the electrolyte and anode layers, the metal foam flow field and the bipolar plate to form a gastight containment.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1531898
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,652,709
- Application Number:
- 12/616,186
- Assignee:
- UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2009-11-11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 42 ENGINEERING; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Carter, John David, Bae, Joongmyeon, Cruse, Terry Alan, Ralph, James Michael, and Myers, Deborah J. Method of sealing a bipolar plate supported solid oxide fuel cell with a sealed anode compartment. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web.
Carter, John David, Bae, Joongmyeon, Cruse, Terry Alan, Ralph, James Michael, & Myers, Deborah J. Method of sealing a bipolar plate supported solid oxide fuel cell with a sealed anode compartment. United States.
Carter, John David, Bae, Joongmyeon, Cruse, Terry Alan, Ralph, James Michael, and Myers, Deborah J. Tue .
"Method of sealing a bipolar plate supported solid oxide fuel cell with a sealed anode compartment". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531898.
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title = {Method of sealing a bipolar plate supported solid oxide fuel cell with a sealed anode compartment},
author = {Carter, John David and Bae, Joongmyeon and Cruse, Terry Alan and Ralph, James Michael and Myers, Deborah J.},
abstractNote = {Methods of sealing a bipolar plate supported solid oxide fuel cell with a sealed anode compartment are provided. The solid oxide fuel cell includes a cathode, an electrolyte, and an anode, which are supported on a metallic bipolar plate assembly including gas flow fields and the gas impermeable bipolar plate. The electrolyte and anode are sealed into an anode compartment with a metal perimeter seal. An improved method of sealing is provided by extending the metal seal around the entire perimeter of the cell between an electrolyte and the bipolar plate to form the anode compartment. During a single-step high temperature sintering process the metal seal bonds to the edges of the electrolyte and anode layers, the metal foam flow field and the bipolar plate to form a gastight containment.},
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Works referenced in this record:
Compositionally graded metallic plates for planar solid oxide fuel cells
patent, January 2005
- Krumpelt, Michael; Cruse, Terry Alan; Carter, John David
- US Patent Document 6,843,960