Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Kyoto University

Kyushu University

Yokohama National University

National University Corporation Yokohama National University

Hiromasa Tawarayama

Masatoshi Majima

Takahiro Higashino

Chihiro Hiraiwa

Naho Mizuhara

Yohei Noda

Kazunari Miyamoto

Mitsuyasu Ogawa

Toshihiro Yoshida

Kazuki Okuno

Hisao Takeuchi

Koma Numata

Tetsuya Uda

Donglin Han

Toshiaki Kakii

Tomoyuki Awazu

Shigenori Mitsushima

Masahiro Kato

Tatsumi Ishihara

Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Toru Adachi

Akiko Funakoshi

Haruki Masumura

Takayuki Onishi

Yoshitaka Ogasawara

A metal porous sheet includes a metal porous body having a skeleton with a three-dimensional network structure, and has a main surface in which a trench is formed. A depth of the trench is more than or equal to 10 percent of a thickness of the metal porous sheet. An area of the trench is more than or equal to 10 percent of an area of the main surface in a plan view.

Metal porous sheet, fuel cell, and water electrolysis device

A proton-conductive cell structure includes an air electrode, a hydrogen electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the air electrode and the hydrogen electrode, wherein the solid electrolyte layer includes at least a first solid electrolyte layer formed of a compact material. The first solid electrolyte layer includes a metal oxide having a perovskite structure and represented by Formula 1 below, a ratio of Sr to a total amount of Ba and Sr in an air-electrode-side near-surface region of the first solid electrolyte layer is 0.4 or more, and a ratio of Sr to a total amount of Ba and Sr in a hydrogen-electrode-side near-surface region of the first solid electrolyte layer is 0.003 to 0.3.BaSrAMO  (1).

Proton-conductive cell structure, proton-conductive material, electrochemical device, and method of manufacturing proton-conductive material

A metal porous body having a frame of a three-dimensional network structure, the frame being formed of a plurality of bone members connected to each other, the plurality of bone members defining openings in a surface of the metal porous body, the plurality of bone members defining voids inside the metal porous body, the openings and the voids communicating with each other, a porosity being from 1 volume % to 55 volume %, a density being from 3 g/cmto 10 g/cm.

Metal porous body, method of producing the same, and fuel cell

A metal porous body has a skeleton of a three-dimensional network structure, an outer layer portion of the skeleton having a second pore smaller in size than a first pore formed by the skeleton, wherein the outer layer portion is a metal layer, and a water vapor reforming catalyst is supported in the outer layer portion.

Metal porous body, water vapor reformer including the same, and method for manufacturing metal porous body

A fuel cell includes a cell structure, an oxidizing agent flow path, a fuel flow path, and an anode-side current collector. The cell structure includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode. The oxidizing agent flow path is formed adjacent to the cathode and away from the solid electrolyte layer. The oxidizing agent flow path is a flow path for supplying a gas that contains an oxidizing agent to the cathode. The fuel flow path is formed adjacent to the anode and away from the solid electrolyte layer. The fuel flow path is a flow path for supplying a fuel gas that contains water vapor and a hydrocarbon to the anode. The anode-side current collector is disposed adjacent to the anode and away from the solid electrolyte layer. The anode-side current collector is in contact with the anode.

Fuel cell

A steam reforming catalyst that promotes production of hydrogen from a gas containing a hydrocarbon in the presence of steam includes a carrier and two or more catalyst metals supported on the carrier and including a first metal and a second metal. The first metal includes Ni, the second metal includes at least one of Co and Ru, and the carrier is represented by LaNbOor LaSrNbOwhere x is in a range of 0<x≤0.12.

Steam reforming catalyst and fuel cell system using the same

The metal porous body having a framework of a three-dimensional network structure is disclosed. The framework is formed of a metal film, the framework has an interior that is hollow, and the metal film contains titanium metal or titanium alloy as a main component.

Metal porous body and method for producing metal porous body

A proton conductor contains a metal oxide that has a perovskite structure and that is represented by formula (1): ABMO, where an element A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, and Sr, an element B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ce and Zr, an element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, In, and Sc, &#x3b4; indicates an oxygen deficiency amount, and 0.95&#x2264;x&#x2264;1 and 0&#x3c;y&#x2264;0.5 are satisfied.

Proton conductor, proton-conducting cell structure, water vapor electrolysis cell, and method for producing hydrogen electrode-solid electrolyte layer complex

A metal porous body having a three-dimensional network structure, includes: a framework forming the three-dimensional network structure; and a coating layer having fine pores and coating the framework, the three-dimensional network structure including a rib and a node connecting a plurality of ribs, the framework including an alkali-resistant first metal, the fine pores having an average fine pore diameter of 10 nm or more and 1 &#x3bc;m or less, the coating layer including an alkali-resistant second metal and optionally including an alkali-soluble metal, the alkali-soluble metal being contained at a proportion of 0% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less with reference to a total mass of the framework and the coating layer.

Metal porous body

Provided is a solid oxide fuel cell including a flat-plate-shaped cell structure including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte layer containing a solid oxide, a frame-shaped sealing member disposed so as to surround a periphery of the cathode, the sealing member having a larger outside diameter than the cathode, a first pressing member and a second pressing member that hold the sealing member therebetween, and a flat-plate-shaped cathode current collector adjacent to the cathode, the flat-plate-shaped cathode current collector being formed of a porous metal body having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, in which the cathode current collector has a peripheral portion that is not opposite the anode, the outer edge portion of a main surface of the sealing member adjacent to the anode faces the first pressing member, the inner edge portion of the main surface of the sealing member adjacent to the anode faces the peripheral portion of the electrolyte layer, the outer edge portion of a main surface of the sealing member opposite the main surface of the sealing member adjacent to the anode is opposite the second pressing member with the peripheral portion of the cathode current collector, and the inner edge portion of the main surface of the sealing member opposite the main surface of the sealing member adjacent to the anode faces the body portion of the cathode current collector other than the peripheral portion of the cathode current collector.

Solid oxide fuel cell

A solid-oxide-electrolysis-cell-type hydrogen production apparatus includes a cell structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer, a gas diffusion layer disposed adjacent to the first electrode, and a gas channel plate disposed adjacent to the gas diffusion layer, in which the gas diffusion layer is formed of a porous metal body having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, the gas channel plate includes a first region including a first channel, a second region including a second channel, and a third region including a third channel, the first channel includes a slit extending from the center of the gas channel plate toward its outer edge at the boundary surface between the first region and the second region, letting the total area of the first channel at the boundary surface be a first opening area S, letting the total area of the second channel at the boundary surface between the second region and the third region be a second opening area S, and letting the total area of the third channel at the boundary surface between the third region and the gas diffusion layer be a third opening area S, the relationship S&#x3c;S&#x3c;Sis satisfied.

Solid-oxide-electrolysis-cell-type hydrogen production apparatus

A method for producing a cell structure includes: a step of firing a laminated body of a layer containing an anode material and a layer containing a solid electrolyte material, to obtain a joined body of an anode and a solid electrolyte layer; a step of laminating a layer containing a cathode material on a surface of the solid electrolyte layer, and firing the obtained laminated body to obtain a cathode. The anode material contains a metal oxide Ma1 and a nickel compound. The metal oxide Ma1 is a metal oxide having a perovskite structure represented by A1B1M1O(wherein: A1 is at least one of Ba, Ca, and Sr; B1 is at least one of Ce and Zr; M1 is at least one of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, In, and Sc; 0.85&#x2264;x1&#x2264;0.99; 0&#x3c;y1&#x2264;0.5; and &#x3b4; is an oxygen deficiency amount).

Method for producing cell structure

A fuel cell includes a cell structure including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrolyte layer, a gas diffusion layer disposed adjacent to the first electrode, and a gas channel plate disposed adjacent to the gas diffusion layer, in which the gas diffusion layer is formed of a porous metal body having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, the gas channel plate includes a first region including a first channel, a second region including a second channel, and a third region including a third channel, the first channel includes a slit extending from the center of the gas channel plate toward its outer edge at the boundary surface between the first region and the second region, letting the total area of the first channel at the boundary surface be a first opening area S1, letting the total area of the second channel at the boundary surface between the second region and the third region be a second opening area S2, and letting the total area of the third channel at the boundary surface between the third region and the gas diffusion layer be a third opening area S3, the relationship S2&#x3c;S1&#x3c;S3 is satisfied.

A fuel cell includes a MEA that includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, the solid electrolyte layer containing an ion-conducting solid oxide; at least one first porous metal body adjacent to at least one of the cathode and the anode and having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton; a second porous metal body stacked to be adjacent to the first porous metal body and having a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton; and an interconnector adjacent to the second porous metal body. The first porous metal body has a pore size smaller than a pore size of the second porous metal body.

A fuel cell includes a MEA that includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, the solid electrolyte layer containing an ion-conducting solid oxide; at least one first porous metal body arranged to oppose at least one of the cathode and the anode; and an interconnector arranged to oppose the first porous metal body and having a gas supply port and a gas discharge port formed therein. The first porous metal body includes a porous metal body S that opposes the gas supply port and has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, and a porous metal body H that has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton and is other than the porous metal body S. A porosity Ps of the porous metal body S and a porosity Ph of the porous metal body H satisfy a relationship: Ps&#x3c;Ph.

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Hiromasa Tawarayama