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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Emad El Batawi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sanchit Khurana, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Gasda, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tad Armstrong, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2465 (2016.01); H01M 8/249 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/2465 (2013.01); H01M 8/10 (2013.01); H01M 8/249 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interconnect for a fuel cell stack includes an interconnect body having an air surface having air flow channels and ribs and a fuel surface having fuel flow channels and ribs, an electrically conductive contact layer located on the air surface of the interconnect, the electrically conductive contact layer containing at least one of Co and Mn, and a corrosion barrier layer containing zirconium silicate and magnesium aluminosilicate crystals located over the electrically conductive contact layer.