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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Kailash C. Jain, Troy, MI (US);
Rick D. Kerr, Fenton, MI (US);
Bryan Gillispie, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Mohammad Parsian, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
Joseph M. Keller, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
David A. Thompson, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Kailash C. Jain, Troy, MI (US);
Rick D. Kerr, Fenton, MI (US);
Bryan Gillispie, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Mohammad Parsian, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
Joseph M. Keller, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
David A. Thompson, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A cathode of a solid-oxide fuel cell includes a first ionic conducting layer, a second layer deposited over the first layer and formed from a mixed ionic and electronic conductor layer including an oxygen ion conducting phase, and a third layer deposited over the second layer and formed from a mixed ionic and electronic conductor layer. A sintering aid and pore formers are added to the second layer and the third layer to establish ionic, electronic, and gas diffusion paths that are contiguous. By adjusting the microstructure of the second and the third layer, a high performance low resistance cathode is formed that bonds well to the electrolyte, is highly electro-catalytic, and has a relatively low overall resistance. By using inexpensive and readily available substances as sintering aid and as pore formers, a low-cost cathode is provided.