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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.

Forschungszentrum Juelich Gmbh

Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh

Andreas Venskutonis

Marco Brandner

Wolfgang Kraussler

Stefan Gerzoskovitz

Alexander Leuprecht

Gerhard Dipl-Ing Leichtfried

Mihails Kusnezoff

Lorenz Sigl

Hans Peter Buchkremer

Michael O'Sullivan

Nikolai Trofimenko

Johannes Schmid

Viktar Sauchuk

Thomas Franco

Matthias Ruettinger

Norbert H Menzler

Karin Lucke

Alexander Michaelis

Robert Muecke

Matthias RÜTTINGER

Robert MÜCKE

A powder metallurgical component has a chromium content of at least 80% by weight and pores and/or oxide inclusions which are present in the component. The number per unit area of a sum of pores and oxide inclusions at a cut surface through the component in at least one region is at least 10,000 per mm.

Powdered metal component

The invention relates to a layer structure which is formed between an interconnect and a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell and can be used for forming a ceramic layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode. In this respect, the interconnect comprises a metal alloy containing chromium. The object of the present invention is to provide a layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell with which a good protective function (from corrosion and from chromium vaporization), a high electrical conductivity and also a good thermal expansion behavior adapted to the materials of an interconnect and of a cathode can be achieved. The layer structure in the green state is formed by a powdery spinel as well as at least one of the below-named metal oxides CuO, NiO, CoOand MnOas a sintering additive and at least one powdery perovskite. In this respect, chromium is not contained in any of these chemical compounds and the portion of spinel contained with the metal oxides as a sintering additive is reduced starting from the side facing the interconnect up to the side facing the cathode and the portion of perovskite is reduced starting from the side facing the cathode in the direction of the side facing the interconnect.

Layer structure and use thereof to form a ceramic layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode of a high-temperature fuel cell

The substrate-supported anode for a high-temperature fuel cell comprises an at least three-layer anode laminate on a metallic substrate. Each of the layers of the anode laminate comprises yttria-stabilized zirconia and nickel, wherein the mean particle size of the nickel decreases from one layer to the next as the distance from the substrate increases. The last layer of the anode laminate, which is provided for contact with the electrolyte, has a root mean square roughness of less than 4 &#x3bc;m. The overall mean pore size of this layer is typically between 0.3 and 1.5 &#x3bc;m. Starting powders having a bimodal particle size distribution of yttria-stabilized zirconia and nickel-containing powder are used at least for the first and second layers of the anode laminate. The mean particle size of the nickel-containing powder is reduced from one layer to the next, whereby it is advantageously no more than 0.5 &#x3bc;m in the last layer of the anode laminate.

Anode for a high-temperature fuel cell and production thereof

An interconnector, or bipolar plate, for a high-temperature solid electrolyte fuel cell is composed of a sintered chromium alloy which has sintering pores and contains &#x3e;90% by weight of Cr, from 3 to 8% by weight of Fe and optionally from 0.001 to 2% by weight of at least one element of the group of rare earth metals. The chromium alloy contains from 0.1 to 2% by weight of Al and the sintering pores are at least partially filled with an oxidic compound containing Al and Cr. The interconnector has a high impermeability to gas and dimensional stability.

Interconnector for a high-temperature solid electrolyte fuel cell, method of producing a fuel cell, and high-temperature solid electrolyte fuel cell

A shaped part that is particularly suited as an interconnector or an end plate for a fuel cell stack, is produced by pressing and sintering a pulverulent starting material. The shaped part has a basic body with a multiplicity of knob-like and/or ridge-like elevations with a height h. Each elevation has two inclined side flanks which lead, proceeding from an end contour of the elevation, via rounded corner portions, directly or via intermediate rectilinear portions, into curved portions with a radius R or R', which in turn merge into the surface contour, of the basic body. A ratio of the radius R:h or R&#x2032;:h ranges from 0.25, or preferably from 0.5 to 1.

Method of producing a shaped part

A shaped part that is particularly suited as an interconnector or an end plate for a fuel cell stack, is produced by pressing and sintering a pulverulent starting material. The shaped part has a basic body with a multiplicity of knob-like and/or ridge-like elevations with a height h. Each elevation has two inclined side flanks which lead, proceeding from an end contour of the elevation, via rounded corner portions, with a radius r or r' directly or via intermediate rectilinear portions, into curved portions, with a radius R or R&#x2032;, which in turn merge into the surface contour, of the basic body. The rectilinear portions, or, in the case of a direct transition of the rounded corner portions into the curved portions, the tangents at the point of the transition, have an angle of inclination relative to the surface contour, between 95&#xb0; and 135&#xb0;.

Shaped part

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