Patent ID: 7803491
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: H01M,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A solid electrolyte fuel cell configuration, open to the atmosphere, is provided with: a plurality of sheet shaped planar solid electrolyte substrates, an anode layer formed on one side of each of said solid electrolyte substrates, and a cathode layer formed on the side opposite to said one side of each of solid electrolyte substrates at a position facing said anode layer, the plurality of said anode layers and the plurality of said cathode layers facing each other across said solid electrolyte substrates forming a plurality of fuel cells arranged in a plane, the plurality of fuel cells being serially connected through a plurality of metal meshes each respectively embedded in or fastened to an anode layer of a respective said fuel cell at a first end and embedded in or fastened to a cathode layer of a respective adjoining fuel cell at a second end, where a single solid electrolyte substrate has a single anode layer on one side of the substrate and a single cathode layer on the other side of the substrate to form a single fuel cell, where a plurality of said single fuel cells are arranged with predetermined gaps there between, where a respective metal mesh has one end embedded in or fastened to the anode layer of a respective cell and the other end embedded in or fastened to the cathode layer of a cell adjacent to said cell, where a metal mesh alone is present in the gap between a plurality of cells, where the plurality of cells are provided with an anode layer, a cathode layer and a solid electrolyte layer, which are porous, and where the plurality of cells are open to the atmosphere and have an anode side arranged in a flame and a cathode side exposed to the atmosphere or an oxygen-containing gas, thereby generating electric power.