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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuo Kakinuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Osamu Okamoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigeru Ando, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hironobu Murakami, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Seiki Furuya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yutaka Momiyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Hayama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naoki Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shuhei Tanaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuo Isaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takuya Hoshiko, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaki Sato, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a support, a plurality of power generation elements provided on a surface of the support, the plurality of power generation elements connected in series, each including at least a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode stacked in that order, and an interconnector that electrically connects an air electrode in one of adjacent power generation elements to a fuel electrode in the other power generation element. A solid electrolyte in adjacent one power generation element is provided between a fuel electrode in the adjacent one power generation element and the fuel electrode in the adjacent other power generation element, and an insulating member is provided at a position that is on the solid electrolyte in the adjacent one power generation element and between the air electrode in the adjacent one power generation element and the solid electrolyte therein.