IP Library Granted Patent US 12,603,301
Granted Patent B2
US 12,603,301 · App. 17/823,608 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Component for solid oxide fuel cell

Inventors: Muhammad Febry (Tokyo, JP); Takayoshi Yano (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuyuki Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Akito Mizutani (Tokyo, JP); Masataka Yoshino (Tokyo, JP); Reiko Sugihara (Tokyo, JP); Conghua Wang (West Windsor, NJ)
Assignees: JFE STEEL CORPORATION; TreadStone Technologies, Inc.
H01M8/021H01M8/0219H01M8/0245H01M2008/1293
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Patent No.
US 12,603,301
App. No.
17/823,608
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a component for solid oxide fuel cells that is excellent in both electrical conductivity and chromium poisoning resistance. As a substrate, a ferritic stainless steel having a chemical composition containing, in mass %, Cr: 14.0% to 32.0% and Al: 2.50% to 7.00% is used. Precious metal particles are coated on a surface of the substrate. The precious metal particles have: an average particle size of 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less; a coating thickness of 0.5 μm or more and 10 μm or less; and a surface coverage of 1.0% or more.

Claims (28)

1 . A component for solid oxide fuel cells, comprising a substrate and precious metal particles on a surface of the substrate,

wherein the substrate is a ferritic stainless steel having a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %,

C: 0.025% or less,

Si: 0.05% to 1.00%,

Mn: 0.05% to 1.00%,

P: 0.050% or less,

S: 0.010% or less,

Cr: 14.0% to 32.0%,

Al: 2.50% to 7.00%,

Ni: 0.01% to 1.00%,

N: 0.025% or less, and

optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of:

Mo: 3.00% or less,

Cu: 0.50% or less,

W: 3.00% or less,

Ti: 0.15% or less,

Nb: 1.00% or less,

V: 0.50% or less,

Zr: 0.50% or less,

B: 0.0050% or less,

Ca: 0.0050% or less,

Mg: 0.0100% or less, and

REM: 0.20% or less, wherein REM is Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, and Hf, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and

wherein the precious metal particles have:

an average particle size of 5.3 μm or more and 10 μm or less;

a coating thickness on the substrate of 0.5 μm or more and 10 μm or less; and

a surface coverage on the substrate of 1.0% or more.

2 . The component for solid oxide fuel cells according to claim 1 , wherein the precious metal particles contain at least one selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru and Os, as well as alloy particles of these elements.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2022
From: FEBRY, MUHAMMAD; YANO, TAKAYOSHI; NAKAMURA, TETSUYUKI; MIZUTANI, AKITO; YOSHINO, MASATAKA; SUGIHARA, REIKO; WANG, CONGHUA
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION; TREADSTONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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