Patent ID: 8652709

Claim:
A method of sealing a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) comprising the steps of: providing a configuration of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) including a bipolar plate separating an air flow field from a fuel flow field, an anode disposed on said fuel flow field above said bipolar plate, an electrolyte supported on the anode, and a cathode supported by the electrolyte, an anode compartment containing said electrolyte, said anode and said fuel flow field, said anode compartment having a metal perimeter edge seal, providing said metal perimeter edge seal around the entire perimeter of the solid oxide fuel cell extending between said electrolyte and said bipolar plate to form said anode compartment; and performing a single-step high temperature sintering process for bonding the metal perimeter edge seal to the edges of the electrolyte and said anode, said metal flow field and said bipolar plate to form a gastight containment having said metal perimeter edge seal; and forming an inlet opening and an outlet opening in said metal perimeter edge seal providing a fuel inlet and a fuel exhaust.