Patent ID: 7771886

Claim:
A solid oxide fuel cell comprising a fuel cell unit which comprises an anode layer made of a first electrically conducting mesh enclosed by an anode-forming material in such a way that the first electrically conducting mesh divides the anode-forming material into two sections, a cathode layer made of a second electrically conducting mesh enclosed by a cathode-forming material in such a way that the second electrically conducting mesh divides the cathode-forming material into two sections, and a solid electrolytic layer in the form of a thin film arranged between and supported by said anode layer and said cathode layer, wherein each of said first electrically conducting mesh and said second electrically conducting mesh has a thickness which is at least 30% of the total thickness of the carried anode layer and cathode layer, respectively, wherein each of said first electrically conducting mesh and said second electrically conducting mesh further has an exposed region that is extending outward from the region of the carried anode layer and cathode layer to an outside of the solid oxide fuel cell, respectively, and wherein, as compared to the thickness of said anode layer or said cathode layer, the thickness of the thin film solid electrolytic layer is substantially smaller than the total thickness of each of the anode layer and the cathode layer.