The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Martin Janousek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tad Armstrong, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dien Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Ananda H. Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
Martin Janousek, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tad Armstrong, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dien Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Ananda H. Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack includes a plurality of SOFCs, and a plurality of interconnects, each interconnect containing a conductive perovskite layer on an air side of the interconnect. The stack in internally manifolded for fuel and the conductive perovskite layer on each interconnect is not exposed in the fuel inlet riser. The SOFC electrolyte has a smaller roughness in regions adjacent to the fuel inlet and fuel outlet openings in the electrolyte than under the cathode or anode electrodes.