Patent ID: 8771898

Claim:
A solid oxide fuel cell, comprising: a plurality of solid electrolytes; a plurality of anodes sandwiched by each of the plurality of solid electrolytes and a plurality of cathodes sandwiched by each of the plurality of solid electrolytes, the plurality of anodes and the plurality of cathodes being alternately stacked on each other in a stacked direction, and a plurality of first partitioning sections sandwiched by each of the plurality of solid electrolytes and a plurality of second partitioning sections sandwiched by each of the plurality of solid electrolytes, the plurality of first and second of partitioning sections being alternately stacked on each other in the stacked direction and being staggered in a direction perpendicular to the stacked direction, wherein each of the plurality of anodes has one end exposed and another end contacting a corresponding first partitioning section in the direction perpendicular to the stacked direction, each of the plurality of cathodes has one end contacting a corresponding second partitioning section and another end exposed in the direction perpendicular to the stacked direction, fuel is supplied from the exposed one ends of the plurality of anodes towards the another ends of the plurality of anodes, air is supplied from the exposed another ends of the plurality of cathodes towards the one ends of the plurality of cathodes, and the supplying directions of the fuel and air are opposed to each other so that the fuel and air flow countercurrent to each other throughout the solid oxide fuel cell.