METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL MODULE
    1.
    发明公开
    METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL MODULE 有权
    用于生产固体氧化物燃料电池模块

    公开(公告)号:EP1624521A4

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-14

    申请号:EP04724719

    申请日:2004-03-31

    申请人: TOKYO GAS CO LTD

    IPC分类号: H01M8/24 H01M8/02 H01M8/12

    摘要: There is provided a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell module comprising a plurality of cells each made up of a fuel electrode, an electrolyte, and an air electrode sequentially formed on a surface of a substrate with an internal fuel flow part provided therein, at least a face of the substrate, in contact with the cells, and interconnectors, being an insulator, and the cells adjacent to each other, being electrically connected in series through the intermediary of the respective interconnectors, said method of manufacturing the solid oxide fuel cell module comprising the steps of co-sintering the respective fuel electrodes, and the respective electrolytes, subsequently forming a dense interconnector out of a dense interconnector material, or an interconnector material turning dense by sintering in at least parts of the solid oxide fuel cell module, in contact with the respective fuel electrodes, and the respective electrolyte, and forming an air electrode on the respective electrolytes before electrically connecting the air electrode with the respective dense interconnectors. With the invention, it is possible to solve various problems of sinterability, encountered in the process of manufacturing the solid oxide fuel cell module of a multi-segment type, and to secure electrical contact of the parts of the respective dense interconnectors, in contact with the fuel electrodes while attaining high gas-sealing performance by the agency of the respective

    LATERAL-STRIPED SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL
    2.
    发明公开
    LATERAL-STRIPED SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL 审中-公开
    SIDE STRIPED固体氧化物燃料电池

    公开(公告)号:EP2226884A4

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-16

    申请号:EP08863757

    申请日:2008-12-24

    IPC分类号: H01M8/24 H01M8/02 H01M8/12

    摘要: There is obtained a segmented-in-series solid oxide fuel cell provided with a current turnaround structure. The segmented-in-series solid oxide fuel cell comprises a porous electrically insulating substrate having a fuel flow path extending from a fuel feed port to a fuel discharge port, provided therein, and a pair of the top and back surfaces, in parallel with the fuel flow path, together with a pair of side-faces of the porous electrically insulating substrate, in the transverse direction thereof, provided on the exterior thereof, wherein a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells made up by sequentially stacking an interconnector adjacent to a fuel electrode layer, the fuel electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and an air electrode layer, and an interconnector adjacent to the air electrode layer in that order so as to be in parallel with the fuel flow path are disposed at intervals on the pair of the top and back surfaces, respectively, the plurality of the solid oxide fuel cells are structured such that adjacent solid oxide fuel cells are electrically connected in series with each other through the intermediary of the respective interconnectors, and the current turnaround structure is made up by extending the interconnector adjacent to the fuel electrode layer, the electrolyte layer, and the interconnector adjacent to the air electrode layer, making up a pair of the solid oxide fuel cells, positioned at the extreme end of the top and back surfaces of the electrically insulating substrate, in the longitudinal direction thereof, adjacent to the fuel discharge port, on the pair of the top and back surfaces of the electrically insulating substrate, respectively, to both the side faces of the electrically insulating substrate, in the transverse direction thereof, to be disposed thereon.

    SOLID OXIDE TYPE FUEL CELL SYSTEM
    3.
    发明公开
    SOLID OXIDE TYPE FUEL CELL SYSTEM 审中-公开
    固体氧化物型纤维细胞系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1473794A4

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-28

    申请号:EP03737494

    申请日:2003-02-05

    申请人: TOKYO GAS CO LTD

    摘要: There are provided a solid oxide fuel cell system comprising (a) a solid oxide fuel cell stack, (b) a preliminary reformer for removing hydrocarbons having two or more carbon atoms from a hydrocarbon fuel by converting the hydrocarbons having two or more carbon atoms into methane, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, and (c) an integrated heat exchanger for catalytic combustion for heating either air or fuel, or both the air and fuel, to be guided to the solid oxide fuel cell stack, by use of a combustion gas formed by combusting discharged fuel with the use of discharged air, wherein component equipment described above are disposed in an adiabatic vessel and the integrated heat exchanger for catalytic combustion for use in the solid oxide fuel cell system. With the invention, an advantage of the preliminary reformer in combination with that of the integrated heat exchanger for catalytic combustion can be obtained, and heat loss of the SOFC system is eliminated or reduced as much as possible. In addition, with the integrated heat exchanger for catalytic combustion according to the invention, since air and / or fuel, to be fed to the SOFC stack, can be heated by controlling the maximum temperature achieved thereof, it is quite useful as an heat exchanger for an SOFC with operation temperature on the order of 850 DEG C or lower, particularly, for a supported membrane type SOFC, and further, the same is quite useful in making up an SOFC system because an inexpensive material can be used as a constituent material of a component equipment of the system, the system in whole can be reduced in size, and so forth.

    FUEL ELECTRODE OF SOLID ELECTROLYTE TYPE FUEL CELL AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SAME
    4.
    发明公开
    FUEL ELECTRODE OF SOLID ELECTROLYTE TYPE FUEL CELL AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SAME 失效
    FESTELEKTROLYTBRENSTOFFZELLEN用于生产同样的燃料电极和方法

    公开(公告)号:EP0955685A4

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-10

    申请号:EP97933855

    申请日:1997-07-30

    申请人: TOKYO GAS CO LTD

    IPC分类号: H01M8/12 H01M4/88 H01M4/86

    摘要: A fuel electrode of solid electrolyte type fuel cells which is made of a cermet composed of yttria-stabilized zirconia containing a transition metal dissolved therein and nickel (Ni) or a cermet composed of yttria-stabilized zirconia containing a transition metal dissolved therein, Ni and cerium oxide containing a divalent or trivalent metal dissolved therein can be prepared by adding a solution of an organoyttrium compound and a solution of an organic transition-metal compound to a solution of an organozirconium compound to prepare a mixed solution of organometallic compounds containing zirconium, yttrium and transition metal as the metal components, adding NiO powder or a powder mixture of NiO powder with cerium oxide powder containing a divalent or trivalent metal oxide dissolved therein to the above mixed solution to prepare a slurry, and subjecting this slurry to hydrolysis, polycondensation, pyrolysis, annealing and reduction successively. This fuel electrode can be formed on a solid electrolyte layer by screen process printing.