Abstract: A fuel cell stack (100) includes a first supporting substrate (5a), a first power generation element, a second power generation element, a second supporting substrate (5b) and a communicating member (3). The first supporting substrate (5a) includes a first substrate main portion, a first dense layer, and a first gas flow passage. The first dense layer covers the first substrate main portion. The second supporting substrate (5b) includes a second substrate main portion, a second dense layer, and a second gas flow passage. The second dense layer covers the second substrate main portion. The communicating member (3) extends between a distal end portion (502a) of the first supporting substrate (5a) and a distal end portion (502b) of the second supporting substrate (5b) and communicates between the first gas flow passage and the second gas flow passage.

Abstract: A cathode material used in an anode and a cathode contains (Co, Fe)3O4 and a perovskite type oxide that is expressed by the general formula ABO3 and includes at least one of La and Sr at the A site. A content ratio of (Co, Fe)3O4 in the cathode material is at least 0.23 wt % and no more than 8.6 wt %.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack (100) includes a first power generation element, a first supporting substrate (5a), a second power generation element, a second supporting substrate (5b) and a communicating member (3). The first supporting substrate (5a) includes a first substrate main portion, a first dense layer, and a first gas flow passage. The first dense layer covers the first substrate main portion. The first gas flow passage extends from a proximal end portion (501a) to a distal end portion (502a). The second supporting substrate (5b) includes a second substrate main portion, a second dense layer, and a second gas flow passage. The second dense layer covers the second substrate main portion. The second gas flow passage extends from a proximal end portion (501b) to a distal end portion (501b).

Abstract: A cell stack device includes a manifold, a fuel cell, and an oxygen-containing-gas ejection portion. The manifold includes a fuel gas supply chamber and a fuel gas collection chamber. The fuel cell extends upward from the manifold. The oxygen-containing-gas ejection portion is disposed upward of the center of the fuel cell. The oxygen-containing-gas ejection portion ejects oxygen-containing gas toward the fuel cell. A support substrate of the fuel cell includes a first gas channel and a second gas channel. The first gas channel is connected to a fuel gas supply chamber, and the second gas channel is connected to the fuel gas collection chamber. The first gas channel and the second gas channel are connected to each other in an upper end portion of the fuel cell.

Abstract: An alloy member includes a base member that includes a plurality of recesses in a surface and is constituted by an alloy material containing chromium, a plurality of embedded portions that are respectively disposed in the plurality of recesses, and a coating layer that covers the base member and is connected to the plurality of embedded portions. An average value of actual lengths of line segments of the plurality of embedded portions is longer than an average value of straight lengths of straight lines of the plurality of embedded portions in a cross-section of the base member along a thickness direction of the base member. The average value of the actual lengths is 1.10 times or more the average value of the lengths of the straight lines.

Abstract: An alloy member includes a base member that includes a recess in a surface of the base member and is constituted by an alloy material containing chromium, an anchor portion that is disposed in the recess and contains an oxide containing manganese, and a covering layer that is connected to the anchor portion and contains a low-equilibrium oxygen pressure element whose equilibrium oxygen pressure is lower than that of chromium.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a support substrate, at least one power generation element portion, at least one first gas channel, and at least one second gas channel. The power generation element portion is disposed on the support substrate. The first and second gas channels extend from a proximal end portion toward a distal end portion in the support substrate and are connected to each other in the distal end portion. The sum of a cross-sectional area of the at least one first gas channel is smaller than the sum of a cross-sectional area of the at least one second gas channel.

Abstract: A fuel cell cathode contains a perovskite oxide as a main component. The perovskite oxide is expressed by the general formula ABO3 and including La and Sr at the A site. A solid electrolyte layer is disposed between an anode and the cathode. The cathode has a surface on an opposite side to the solid electrolyte layer. A first ratio of a Sr concentration relative to an La concentration is less than or equal to 4 times a second ratio of the Sr concentration relative to the La concentration. The first ratio is detected by the use of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on the surface of the cathode. The second ratio of a Sr concentration relative to a La concentration is detected by the use of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on an exposed surface exposed by surface processing of the surface and positioned within 5 nm of the surface in relation to a direction of thickness.

Abstract: The alloy member includes a base member constituted by an alloy material containing chromium, a chromium oxide layer for covering at least a portion of a surface of the base member, a pore that is formed in an interface region of the base member that is located 30 ?m or less from an interface between the chromium oxide layer and the base member, and an extending portion extending from the pore into the base member. The pore is configured to inhibit separation of the chromium oxide layer from the base member The extending portion contains an oxide of an element whose equilibrium oxygen pressure is lower than that of a major element of the base member.

Abstract: A fuel cell device 101 includes an electrochemical cell 110, an oxidizer gas supply portion 140, and a contaminant trap portion 170. An oxidizer gas supply portion 140 has an oxidizer gas supply port 142 for supplying an oxidizer gas to the cathode 113. A contaminant trap portion 170 is disposed on a portion of the cathode 113 on the side with the oxidizer gas supply port 142 and exhibits oxygen ion conductivity and electron conductivity.

Abstract: A fuel cell 1 has an anode 20, a cathode active portion 60 that exhibits oxygen ion conductivity and electron conductivity, a cathode current collecting portion 70 that is disposed on the cathode active portion 60 and that exhibits a higher electron conductivity than the cathode active portion 60, and a contaminant trap portion 80 that is disposed on the cathode current collecting portion 70 and exhibits oxygen ion conductivity and electron conductivity.

Abstract: A solid alkaline fuel cell has a cathode that is supplied with an oxidant which contains oxygen, an anode that is supplied with a fuel which contains hydrogen atoms, and an inorganic solid electrolyte that is disposed between the anode and the cathode and that exhibits a hydroxide ion conductivity. The inorganic solid electrolyte enables the permeation of a fuel in an amount that produces carbon dioxide at the cathode of greater than or equal to 0.04 ?mol/s·cm2 and less than or equal to 2.5 ?mol/s·cm2 per unit surface area of a cathode-side surface.

Abstract: A manifold includes first and second manifold main bodies. The first manifold main body includes a gas supply chamber that is connected to a first gas channel, and the second manifold main body includes a gas collection chamber that is connected to a second gas channel. The first manifold main body includes a first top plate, a first bottom plate, and a first side plate. The first top plate includes a first through hole for connecting the first gas channel and the gas supply chamber. The second manifold main body includes a second top plate, a second bottom plate, and a second side plate. The second top plate includes a second through hole for connecting the second gas channel and the gas collection chamber. The first bottom plate and the second bottom plate are constituted by members that are separate from each other.

Abstract: A cell stack device includes a plurality of electrochemical cells, a manifold, a gas supply portion, and a gas collection portion. The manifold includes a gas supply chamber and a gas collection chamber that extend in a direction in which the electrochemical cells are arranged. A support substrate of an electrochemical cell includes a first gas channel and a second gas channel. The first gas channel is connected to the gas supply chamber, and the second gas channel is connected to the gas collection chamber.

Abstract: A cathode material used in an anode and a cathode contains (Co,Fe)3O4 and a perovskite type oxide that is expressed by the general formula ABO3 and includes at least one of La and Sr at the A site. A content ratio of (Co,Fe)3O4 in the cathode material is at least 0.23 wt % and no more than 8.6 wt %.

Abstract: A cell stack device includes a fuel cell, a first separator and a first bonding member. The fuel cell includes a solid electrolyte and a cathode that is provided on one surface of the solid electrolyte. The first separator includes a protrusion that protrudes towards the cathode. The first bonding member bonds the cathode and the first protrusion. The thickness of a first bonding member that is positioned on an outer peripheral portion is greater than the thickness of a first bonding member that is positioned in a central portion.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a porous support substrate and a power generation element portion. The support substrate includes at least one first gas channel and at least one second gas channel. The first gas channel extends from a first end portion toward a second end portion, and is connected to a gas supply chamber. The second gas channel is connected to the first gas channel on the second end portion side. The second gas channel extends from the second end portion toward the first endportion, and is connected to a gas collection chamber. A ratio (p0/L) of a pitch p0 of a first gas channel and a second gas channel that are adjacent to each other to a distance L between the power generation element portion and a first end surface of the support substrate located on the first end portion side is 3.3 or less.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a porous support substrate and a power generation element portion. The support substrate includes a first end portion that is linked to a gas supply chamber and a gas collection portion, and a second end portion that is located opposite to the first end portion. The support substrate includes a first gas channel and a second gas channel. The first gas channel extends from the first end portion toward the second end portion. The first gas channel is connected to the gas supply chamber. The second gas channel is connected to the first gas channel on the second end portion side. The second gas channel extends from the second end portion toward the first end portion. The second gas channel is connected to the gas collection chamber.

Abstract: A cell stack device includes a manifold, a fuel cell, and an oxygen-containing-gas ejection portion. The manifold includes a fuel gas supply chamber and a fuel gas collection chamber. The fuel cell extends upward from the manifold. The oxygen-containing-gas ejection portion is disposed upward of the center of the fuel cell. The oxygen-containing-gas ejection portion ejects oxygen-containing gas toward the fuel cell. A support substrate of the fuel cell includes a first gas channel and a second gas channel. The first gas channel is connected to a fuel gas supply chamber, and the second gas channel is connected to the fuel gas collection chamber. The first gas channel and the second gas channel are connected to each other in an upper end portion of the fuel cell.

Abstract: A fuel cell has an anode, a cathode, and a solid electrolyte layer. The cathode contains a main component containing a perovskite oxide which is expressed by the general formula ABO3 and includes at least one of La and Sr at the A site. The solid electrolyte layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode. The cathode includes an interface region that is within 5 ?m from a surface near to the solid electrolyte layer. The interface region contains a main phase containing the perovskite oxide, and a secondary phase containing strontium oxide. An occupied surface area ratio of the secondary phase in a cross section of the interface region is greater than or equal 0.05% and less than or equal to 3%.