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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1995
Tokuki Satake, Kobe, JP;
Hitoshi Miyamoto, Takasago, JP;
Kiyoshi Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Shigeaki Yamamuro, Kobe, JP;
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a solid oxide electrolyte fuel cell (SOFC) which can be used as a cell for water electrolysis, CO.sub.2 electrolysis and other electrolyses, as well as for power generation. In a SOFC in which both surfaces of a power generation film comprising three layers of a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an oxygen electrode are formed with a number of dimples, the thickness of a yttria-stabilized zirconia film that constitutes the solid electrolyte is 5 to 100 .mu.m, and the thickness of an oxygen electrode material that constitutes the oxygen electrode which is provided on one side of the yttria-stabilized zirconia film is 200 to 2,000 .mu.m. As a result, the power generation performance can be greatly improved and a sufficiently strong oxygen electrode material prevents a thin yttria-stabilized zirconia film from being damaged in manual operations.