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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2015
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Higashino, Hyogo, JP;
Masatoshi Majima, Hyogo, JP;
Hiromasa Tawarayama, Hyogo, JP;
Naho Mizuhara, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuki Okuno, Hyogo, JP;
Chihiro Hiraiwa, Hyogo, JP;
Yohei Noda, Hyogo, JP;
Masahiro Kato, Hyogo, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a porous current collector which is used for a fuel electrode and has a high gas reforming function and high durability. A porous current collectoris provided adjacent to a fuel electrodeof a fuel cellthat includes a solid electrolyte layer, the fuel electrodedisposed on one side of the solid electrolyte layer, and an air electrodedisposed on the other side. The porous current collector includes a porous metal bodyand a first catalyst. The porous metal body has an alloy layerat least on a surface thereof, the alloy layer containing nickel (Ni) and tin (Sn). The first catalyst, which is in the form of particles, is supported on a surface of the alloy layer, the surface facing pores of the porous metal body, and is capable of processing a carbon component contained in a fuel gas that flows inside the pores.