METHOD AND MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLY FOR SINTERING FUEL CELL ELECTRODES AND IMPREGNATING POROUS ELECTRODES WITH ELECTROLYTE POWDERS BY INDUCTION HEATING FOR MASS PRODUCTION

摘要

A method of manufacturing an electrode for a fuel cell, the method comprising forming a powder bed from a predetermined powder, sintering the powder bed at a first predetermined temperature to form a substrate, and in some embodiments subsequently distributing an electrolyte powder on a surface of the substrate, and impregnating the substrate with electrolyte by heating the substrate with the electrolyte powder thereon to a second predetermined temperature so as to melt and wick the electrolyte into the substrate, thereby forming the electrode for the fuel cell, wherein at least one of the sintering and impregnating is performed by applying induction heating to at least one of said powder bed and said substrate.