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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Nippon Oil Company, Tokyo, JP;
Petroleum Energy Center Foundation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 30 ; 429 40 ; 429 44 ;
Abstract
A solid oxide fuel cell, which comprises an assembly of a plurality of unit cells each comprising a solid electrolyte, and a fuel electrode and an air electrode provided on both sides of the solid electrolyte, respectively, the fuel electrode being composed mainly of ruthenium, nickel and ceramics can perform power generation of high efficiency with hydrocarbon or hydrogen resulting from complete reforming of hydrocarbon, or a steam-reformed gas containing carbon monoxide as the main component as a fuel gas.