Carbon-oxygen fuel cell
First Claim
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1. An electricity producing fuel cell comprising:
- a carbon-containing anode;
an electrolyte having a melting temperature of between about 300°
C. and about 2000°
C. in contact with said anode at a first contact surface area, allowing passage of oxygen anions to said anode; and
a solid state cathode in contact with said electrolyte at a second contact surface area, for ionizing oxygen to the oxygen anions, said fuel cell being operable at a temperature of between about 700°
C. and about 1200°
C.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel cell that use carbon and oxygen as fuel sources. In particular, the fuel cell comprises a carbon-containing anode, an electrolyte and a solid state cathode. Heating the fuel cell to temperatures of 400° C.-2000° C. provides an electrical output of at least 1 mW·cm−2. The present invention also discloses a method for generating electricity with a fuel cell comprising a carbon-containing anode, an electrolyte and a solid state cathode.
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71 Claims
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1. An electricity producing fuel cell comprising:
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a carbon-containing anode;
an electrolyte having a melting temperature of between about 300°
C. and about 2000°
C. in contact with said anode at a first contact surface area, allowing passage of oxygen anions to said anode; and
a solid state cathode in contact with said electrolyte at a second contact surface area, for ionizing oxygen to the oxygen anions, said fuel cell being operable at a temperature of between about 700°
C. and about 1200°
C.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An electricity producing fuel cell comprising:
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a carbon-containing anode;
an electrolyte having a melting temperature of between about 300°
C. and about 2000°
C. in contact with said anode at a first contact surface area, allowing passage of oxygen anions to said anode; and
a solid state cathode in contact with said electrolyte at a second contact surface area, for ionizing oxygen to the oxygen anions, said fuel cell being operable at a temperature of between about 400°
C. and about 2000°
C.,said fuel cell having an electrical output of at least 1 mW·
cm−
2 of said second contact surface area.- View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An electricity producing fuel cell comprising:
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a carbon-containing anode comprising conductive carbon having a resistivity of between about 10−
5 ohm-cm and about 100 ohm-cm;
an electrolyte having a melting temperature of between about 300°
C. and about 2000°
C. in contact with said anode at a first contact surface area, allowing passage of oxygen anions to said anode; and
a solid state cathode in contact with said electrolyte at a second contact surface area, for ionizing oxygen to the oxygen anions, said fuel cell being operable at a temperature of between about 400°
C. and about 2000°
C.- View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An electricity producing fuel cell comprising:
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a carbon-containing anode;
a solid state electrolyte having a melting temperature of between about 300°
C. and about 2000°
C. in contact with said anode at a first contact surface area, allowing passage of oxygen anions to said anode;
a solid state cathode in contact with said electrolyte at a second contact surface area, for ionizing oxygen to the oxygen anions, said fuel cell being operable at a temperature of between about 400°
C. and about 2000°
C.;
said electrolyte defining a distance therethrough from said first contact surface area to said second contact surface area of between about 1 μ
m to 1000 μ
m.- View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. An electricity producing fuel cell comprising:
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a carbon-containing anode;
a solid state electrolyte having a melting temperature of between about 300°
C. and about 2000°
C. in contact with said anode at a first contact surface area, allowing passage of oxygen anions to said anode, said solid state electrolyte selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide and a plurality of metal oxides; and
a solid state cathode in contact with said electrolyte at a second contact surface area, for ionizing oxygen to the oxygen anions, said fuel cell being operable at a temperature of between about 400°
C. and about 2000°
C.- View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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