| 摘要 |
There is obtained a segmented-in-series solid oxide fuel cell provided with a current turnaround structure. The segmented-in-series solid oxide fuel cell comprises a porous electrically insulating substrate having a fuel flow path extending from a fuel feed port to a fuel discharge port, provided therein, and a pair of the top and back surfaces, in parallel with the fuel flow path, together with a pair of side-faces of the porous electrically insulating substrate, in the transverse direction thereof, provided on the exterior thereof, wherein a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells made up by sequentially stacking an interconnector adjacent to a fuel electrode layer, the fuel electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and an air electrode layer, and an interconnector adjacent to the air electrode layer in that order so as to be in parallel with the fuel flow path are disposed at intervals on the pair of the top and back surfaces, respectively, the plurality of the solid oxide fuel cells are structured such that adjacent solid oxide fuel cells are electrically connected in series with each other through the intermediary of the respective interconnectors, and the current turnaround structure is made up by extending the interconnector adjacent to the fuel electrode layer, the electrolyte layer, and the interconnector adjacent to the air electrode layer, making up a pair of the solid oxide fuel cells, positioned at the extreme end of the top and back surfaces of the electrically insulating substrate, in the longitudinal direction thereof, adjacent to the fuel discharge port, on the pair of the top and back surfaces of the electrically insulating substrate, respectively, to both the side faces of the electrically insulating substrate, in the transverse direction thereof, to be disposed thereon. |
