US 6,982,130 B2
Fused zirconia-based solid oxide fuel cell
Oh-Hun Kwon, Westborough, Mass. (US)
Assigned to Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc., Worcester, Mass. (US)
Filed on Jun. 09, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/864,286.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/477147, filed on Jun. 09, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0008915 A1, Jan. 13, 2005
Int. Cl. H01M 8/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 429—33 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid oxide fuel cell formed by a method comprising:
providing a first electrode layer;
providing an electrolyte layer overlying the first electrode layer, the electrolyte layer comprising fused electrolyte powder, the fused electrolyte powder being formed by melt processing and comprising fused stabilized zirconia;
providing a second electrode layer overlying the electrolyte layer; and
heat treating the first electrode layer, electrolyte layer and the second electrode layer to form a solid oxide fuel cell.