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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
François Gitzhofer, Rock Forest, CA;
Andrzej Lasia, Sherbrooke, CA;
Nicolas Abatzoglou, Rock Forest, CA;
Paul Rowntree, Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley, CA;
Jerzy Jurewicz, Sherbrooke, CA;
Gessie Brisard, Sherbrooke, CA;
Hugues Ménard, Sherbrooke, CA;
Maher Boulos, Sherbrooke, CA;
François Gitzhofer, Rock Forest, CA;
Andrzej Lasia, Sherbrooke, CA;
Nicolas Abatzoglou, Rock Forest, CA;
Paul Rowntree, Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley, CA;
Jerzy Jurewicz, Sherbrooke, CA;
Gessie Brisard, Sherbrooke, CA;
Hugues Ménard, Sherbrooke, CA;
Maher Boulos, Sherbrooke, CA;
Societe de Commercialisation des Produits de la Recherche Appliquee Socpra Sciences Et Genie S.E.C., Sherbrooke, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The solid oxide fuel cell can comprise: an electroconductive and porous reformer including a catalytically active material and shaped to constitute a solid slab having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of adjacent grooves along the first surface, and flat regions adjacent the plurality of grooves; an anode layer covering the plurality of grooves of the reformer slab and having a corresponding grooved shape; an electrolyte layer covering the anode layer over the plurality of grooves of the reformer slab and having a corresponding grooved shape, and extending over the flat regions; and a cathode layer covering the electrolyte layer over the grooves of the reformer slab and having a corresponding grooved shape.