US 11,757,107 B2
Fuel cell
Adam Bone, Horsham (GB); Robert Leah, Horsham (GB); Subhasish Mukerjee, Horsham (GB); Mahfujur Rahman, Horsham (GB); and Ahmet Selcuk, Horsham (GB)
Assigned to CERES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CO. LTD., West Sussex (GB)
Filed by Ceres Intellectual Property Co. Ltd., Horsham (GB)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/121,265.
Application 17/121,265 is a continuation of application No. 16/083,453, granted, now 10,903,509, previously published as PCT/GB2017/050622, filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1604044 (GB), filed on Mar. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0151779 A1, May 20, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 8/0273 (2016.01); H01M 8/126 (2016.01); H01M 8/1286 (2016.01); H01M 8/0232 (2016.01); H01M 8/0282 (2016.01); H01M 8/2425 (2016.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); H01M 8/2432 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/0273 (2013.01) [H01M 8/0232 (2013.01); H01M 8/0282 (2013.01); H01M 8/126 (2013.01); H01M 8/1286 (2013.01); H01M 8/2425 (2013.01); H01M 8/2432 (2016.02); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metal supported solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) comprising:
a metal substrate supporting the solid oxide fuel cell, wherein the metal substrate is not an electrochemically active layer;
an electrolyte layer adjacent the metal substrate; and
at least one gasket through which fluids are delivered to and/or from the metal supported solid oxide fuel cell;
wherein the electrolyte layer covers the region between the gasket and an active region of the SOFC, providing a non-porous protective coating preventing corrosion of the metal substrate; and
wherein at least a portion of the electrolyte layer is positioned on the metal substrate in regions proximate to the gasket.