Abstract:
An anode for use in an anode-supported planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is formed from a Ni-YSZ cermet composition that includes a sintering aid selected from the group consisting of an oxide, a carbonate, and mixtures thereof of at least one metal of Group 2 of the Periodic Table.
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.
Abstract:
A lithium polymer battery configured with at least one continuous electrode and at least two discontinuous electrodes having an opposite charge from the continuous electrode. The continuous electrode may be either an anode 12 or a cathode 16, and the discontinuous electrode is the other of the continuous electrode. The cell 10 may be a multicell 10 or a multibicell 22. The continuous electrode is the outermost electrode of a configured cell 10, and facilitates such configurations such as folding the cell, rolling the cell, etc. The discontinuous electrode is in the interior of the configured cell 10. The adhered layers of the cell 10 thus configured have enhanced processing and performance efficiency, and may be manufactured with greater productivity and decreased costs.
Abstract:
A method for preparing lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer batteries to reduce water content and cell impedance. A battery having improved calendar life is prepared by electrochemically treating the activated cell by applying a voltage to the cell to react oxygen provided or trapped in the cell with moisture present as an unavoidable impurity. The electrochemical treatment of the present invention decreases the water content in the cell, thereby lowering cell impedance and extending battery life.