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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuo Kakinuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Osamu Okamoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigeru Ando, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hironobu Murakami, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Seiki Furuya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yutaka Momiyama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Hayama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Naoki Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shuhei Tanaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobuo Isaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takuya Hoshiko, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaki Sato, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a support, a plurality of power generation elements connected in series, each including a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode stacked in that order on the support, and an interconnector electrically connecting an air electrode in one of the two adjacent power generation elements to a fuel electrode in the other power generation element. A solid electrolyte for one of the power generation elements is provided on the downside of the interconnector provided on the downside of the air electrode in the one power generation element so that the solid electrolyte is joined to the interconnector, and a solid electrolyte for the other power generation element is provided on the upper side of the interconnector provided on the upper side of the fuel electrode for the other power generation element so that the solid electrolyte is joined to the interconnector.