Abstract:
The present invention provides electrode-electrolyte composite particles for a fuel cell, which have either electrode material particles uniformly dispersed around electrolyte material particles or electrolyte material particles uniformly dispersed around electrode material particles, to enhance the electrode performance characteristics and electrode/electrolyte bonding force, as well as thermal, mechanical and electrochemical properties of the fuel cell, in a simple method without using expensive starting materials and a high temperature process.
Abstract:
A method for preparing powder granules by a liquid condensation process comprising preparing a slurry by mixing powders, a binding agent and a binding agent soluble solvent, dropping the slurry to a binding agent insoluble solvent to fix the binding agent so that the binding agent can not be released to a surface of a droplet of the slurry, coagulating the droplet by solvent exchange between the soluble solvent inside the droplet and the insoluble solvent at the surface of the droplets, and separating the coagulated droplet from the insoluble solvent, drying it and completely removing a residual solvent.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to ceramic-NiO composite powders which can be used to form ceramic-NiO composite body anodes. These anodes possess an interpenetrating network structure and can be used in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) by The present invention also descibes methods of preparing these powder, anodes and fuel cells.
Abstract:
An electrode pattern for a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) comprises a plurality of micro-sized first electrode patterns formed on an upper surface of a substrate including an electrolyte layer, and a plurality of micro-sized second electrode patterns formed between the first electrode patterns. The electrode pattern is formed by using a mold fabricated by a photoresist process. In order to form the electrode pattern, a paste for an electrode including a thermo-setting resin and an electrode powder is prepared. The electrode having a micro-sized or sub-micro sized width and a high precision is simply fabricated, and a miniaturized SOFC having a high function is fabricated.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a hybrid composite sealant, as a sealing material for a planar type solid oxide fuel cell stack, having a matrix of a glass composition, wherein a surface layer reinforced with platelet reinforcement particles is laminated on either one or both surfaces of an inner layer reinforced with fibrous reinforcement particles. Accordingly, by applying the composite sealant of the present invention to the solid oxide fuel cell stack, excellent gas-tightness of the stack can be obtained even under low coupling pressure, thermal cycling durability can be enhanced due to low coupling strength with a contact surface of an object to be sealed, stack disassembly and maintenance can be facilitated when parts within the stack are disabled, and stack stability as well as stack performance can be maintained under a pressurized operation condition where pressure differentials between the inside and outside of the stack reach to 5 atmospheric pressures (0.5 MPa).
Abstract:
Disclosed are a solid oxide fuel cell including: a) an anode support; b) a solid electrolyte layer formed on the anode support; and c) a nanostructure composite cathode layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the nanostructure composite cathode layer includes an electrode material and an electrolyte material mixed in molecular scale, which do not react with each other or dissolve each other to form a single material, and a method for fabricating the same. The fuel cell is operable at low temperature and has high performance and superior stability.
Abstract:
Multi-stage in-line cartridge ejectors for a fuel cell system provided herein comprise: at least one ejector main body for supplying hydrogen, each ejector main body including a plurality of nozzles arranged in line with a predetermined gap, in which the diameters of the respective nozzles become larger from an inlet side of the ejector main body toward an outlet side thereof, and a plurality of sub-inlets formed on an outer surface of the ejector main body to be connected to the gap or gaps between the nozzles; and a housing accommodating the eject main body and including a main inlet for intake of recirculated hydrogen. The multi-stage in-line cartridge ejectors can improve the system performance by increasing the amount of recirculated hydrogen. Moreover, at least one check valve is provided at an intake position of the cartridge ejectors to effectively prevent reverse flow of recirculation hydrogen gas and at least one heater is provided around the cartridge ejectors to improve cold startability.
Abstract:
A micro cell fuel cell using a nano porous structure according to a thin film process and an anodizing process as a template for implementing a porous structure of an electrode, its fabrication method, and a micro fuel cell stack using the same are disclosed. The micro-fuel cell includes a solid electrolyte and first and second electrodes separately formed on the electrolyte, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes is supported by a template having a plurality of nano pores formed by depositing, anodizing and etching a thin film, and is a porous electrode with nano pores formed at positions corresponding to the entirety or a portion of the plurality of nano pores formed on the template. The micro-fuel cell can be fabricated based on the thin film process, and unit cells can be highly integrated to implement a micro-fuel cell system generating a high voltage and a high current.
Abstract:
A SiC whisker-reinforced ceramic article produced by subjecting the SiC whiskers to acid- and/or base-washing; subjecting ceramic particles and SiC whiskers to fluid classification; forming a suspension of the powdered ceramic and SiC whiskers; consolidating the suspension to form a green compact; optionally infiltrating the green compact with an aluminum compound which is a precursor to Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and pressureless sintering the green compact to produce an SiC whisker-reinforced composite having high relative density at high SiC whisker loading.
Abstract translation:通过使SiC晶须进行酸洗和/或碱洗来制造的SiC晶须增强陶瓷制品; 对陶瓷颗粒和SiC晶须进行流体分类; 形成陶瓷和SiC晶须的悬浮液; 巩固悬浮液形成绿色契约; 任选地用作为Al 2 O 3的前体的铝化合物渗透生坯,并且对该压坯进行无压烧结,以生产在高SiC晶须负载下具有高相对密度的SiC晶须增强复合材料。
Abstract:
A metal oxide thin film structure for a solid oxide fuel cell, prepared by a method comprising dispersing a metal oxide nanopowder in a metal oxide salt solution and subsequent coating of the resulting metal oxide powder dispersed sol and the metal oxide salt solution on a porous substrate, has excellent gas impermeability, excellent phase stability, and is devoid of cracks or pinholes.