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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Nishith Pramod Vora, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lester Russell Hale, Scotia, NY (US);
George Charles Goodman, Schenectady, NY (US);
Debashis Dey, Waterford, NY (US);
Nishith Pramod Vora, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ronald Scott Bunker, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lester Russell Hale, Scotia, NY (US);
George Charles Goodman, Schenectady, NY (US);
Debashis Dey, Waterford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a polygonal fuel cell comprises: a cathode layer having a tubular shape; a contact layer electrically coupled to and disposed on the cathode layer to leave an uncovered cathode surface portion; an electrolyte layer disposed on the uncovered cathode surface portion; and an anode layer electrically isolated from the contact layer, disposed on the electrolyte layer such that the polygonal fuel cell has a polygonal cross section to facilitate dense packing.