Patent ID: 7781123
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. In a solid-oxide fuel cell assembly for use in reacting fuel gas to generate electricity in a solid-oxide fuel cell stack, which assembly includes a cathode, an electrolyte layer, a structural anode element, an anode conductive element attached to a surface of the structural anode element, a separator plate off-spaced from the anode conductive element, and a metallic anode interconnect disposed between the separator plate and the anode conductive element, the improvement comprising said anode conductive element being porous and permeable to said fuel gas, and said anode conductive element being configured as a continuous layer, wherein said metallic anode interconnect is attached by a sintered material to said separator plate and to said anode conductive element, said sintered material being porous and permeable to said fuel gas, wherein said sintered material is a separate component relative to said anode conductive element.