Electrolytic/fuel cell bundles and systems including a current collector in communication with an electrode thereof

Hawkes, Grant L.; Herring, James S.; Stoots, Carl M.; O'Brien, James E.

Title: Electrolytic/fuel cell bundles and systems including a current collector in communication with an electrode thereof

Patent · Tue Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI ID:1083462

Hawkes, Grant L.; Herring, James S.; Stoots, Carl M.; O'Brien, James E.

Electrolytic/fuel cell bundles and systems including such bundles include an electrically conductive current collector in communication with an anode or a cathode of each of a plurality of cells. A cross-sectional area of the current collector may vary in a direction generally parallel to a general direction of current flow through the current collector. The current collector may include a porous monolithic structure. At least one cell of the plurality of cells may include a current collector that surrounds an outer electrode of the cell and has at least six substantially planar exterior surfaces. The planar surfaces may extend along a length of the cell, and may abut against a substantially planar surface of a current collector of an adjacent cell. Methods for generating electricity and for performing electrolysis include flowing current through a conductive current collector having a varying cross-sectional area.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC07-051D14517

Assignee:: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)

Patent Number(s):: 8,389,180

Application Number:: 11/530,684

OSTI ID:: 1083462

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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