Solid oxide fuel cell and fuel cell module comprising the solid oxide fuel cell
Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell that has a high initial power generation performance and a good power generation durability. The fuel cell comprises at least a fuel electrode, an electrolyte, an air electrode, and a current collecting part disposed on the air electrode, wherein the current collecting part comprises an electroconductive metal and an oxide, the electroconductive metal is silver and palladium, the oxide is a perovskite oxide, and the content of the oxide is more than 0 (zero) and less than 0.111 in terms of weight ratio to the electroconductive metal.
1. A solid oxide fuel cell comprising a fuel electrode, an electrolyte, an air electrode, and a current collecting part on the air electrode, wherein:
the electrolyte is sandwiched between the fuel electrode and the air electrode,
the air electrode is sandwiched between the electrolyte and the current collecting part,
the current collecting part comprises an electroconductive metal and an oxide,
the electroconductive metal comprises silver and palladium,
the oxide is a perovskite oxide comprising a lanthanum ferrite doped with at least one element selected from strontium (Sr) and cobalt (Co), and
the content of the oxide is in a range of at least 0.005 to 0.087 or less in terms of weight ratio to the electroconductive metal.
2. The solid oxide fuel cell according to claim 1 , wherein the perovskite oxide is La 0.6 Sr 0.4 Co 0.2 Fe 0.8 O 3 .
3. The solid oxide fuel cell according to claim 1 , wherein the oxide has the same composition as the air electrode.
4. A solid oxide fuel cell module comprising a fuel cell according to claim 1 .
5. The solid oxide fuel cell according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the oxide is in a range of at least 0.010 to 0.042 or less in terms of weight ratio to the electroconductive metal.