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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Bloom Energy Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Drew Paran, San Jose, CA (US);

Ali Delkaninia, San Jose, CA (US);

Kendall Lui, San Francisco, CA (US);

Tulin Akin, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/88 (2006.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 26/354 (2014.01); H01M 8/2404 (2016.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/36 (2014.01); H01M 8/008 (2016.01); B23K 26/362 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/8878 (2013.01); B23K 26/06 (2013.01); B23K 26/0622 (2015.10); B23K 26/0626 (2013.01); B23K 26/354 (2015.10); B23K 26/36 (2013.01); H01M 8/008 (2013.01); H01M 8/2404 (2016.02); B23K 26/362 (2013.01); B23K 26/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of refurbishing a singulated fuel cell stack interconnect includes scanning a first pulsed laser beam on an air side of the interconnect to vaporize seal and corrosion barrier layer residue without vaporizing a metal oxide layer located on the air side of the interconnect below the corrosion barrier layer residue, and scanning a second pulsed laser beam which is different from the first pulsed laser beam on the exposed metal oxide layer on the air side of the interconnect to reflow the metal oxide layer without removing the metal oxide layer.


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