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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohammad Farooque, Huntington, CT (US);
Chao-Yi Yuh, New Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Energy Research Corporation, Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 41 ; 429 44 ; 429 46 ; 429247 ; 296235 ; 423600 ;
Abstract
A carbonate fuel cell matrix comprising support particles and crack attenuator particles which are made platelet in shape to increase the resistance of the matrix to through cracking. Also disclosed is a matrix having porous crack attenuator particles and a matrix whose crack attenuator particles have a thermal coefficient of expansion which is significantly different from that of the support particles, and a method of making platelet-shaped crack attenuator particles.