Patent ID: 7722980

Claim:
A solid oxide fuel cell system comprising: a solid oxide fuel cell with a cathode electrode layer formed on one surface of a single solid oxide substrate, the cathode electrode layer having an area smaller than the area of the single solid oxide substrate; an anode electrode layer formed on a surface of said single solid oxide substrate opposite from said one surface, the anode electrode layer having an area smaller than the area of the single solid oxide substrate; metal meshes or metal wires embedded in both of said cathode electrode layer and said anode electrode layer; an oxide member encasing the entire periphery part of said single solid oxide substrate from the end part of said cathode electrode layer to the end part of said anode electrode layer, the oxide member formed in a porous structure and having a reversed-C shaped section; and a device supplying a flame produced by burning a fuel, which the device is placed in proximity to said anode electrode layer, wherein when said flame by burning is supplied to said anode electrode layer and an oxygen-containing gas is supplied to said cathode electrode layer, said oxide fuel cell generates electric power.