Patent ID: 8333919
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a hole-reinforced electrolyte, comprising: providing a ceramic reinforcing region adjacent to a riser opening in a ceramic electrolyte; and sintering the ceramic reinforcing region where the ceramic reinforcing region is located at least partially around a circumference of the riser opening; wherein: the electrolyte comprises an active region and an inactive region; an anode and a cathode contact opposite sides of the electrolyte at least partially on the active region of the electrolyte; the ceramic reinforcing region is located on the inactive region of the electrolyte; and a combined thickness of the electrolyte and the ceramic reinforcing region is thicker than a thickness of the active region and thicker than a thickness of the inactive region that does not contain the ceramic reinforcing region.