Patent ID: 8334079
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A solid oxide fuel cell having anode, cathode and electrolyte layers each formed essentially of a multi-oxide ceramic material, said electrolyte layer being a uniform deposit formed by thermal quenching at a rate of about 10 6 degrees Kelvin per second to about 10 8 degrees Kelvin per second and having a structure selected from the group consisting of nanocrystalline, nanocomposite and amorphous, each of said structures being a far-from-equilibrium metastable structure, said electrolyte layer having a matrix of multi-oxide ceramic material comprising an 8-12 mole % yttria-stabilized zirconia, said electrolyte layer serving as a fast oxygen ion conductor.