US Patent Issued to University of South Carolina on Jan. 20 for "Bilayer ceramic interconnect" (Washington, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,260, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to University of South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.).

"Bilayer ceramic interconnect" was invented by Kevin Huang (Columbia, S.C.) and Xin Yang (Richland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are new solid oxide fuel cell interconnects and methods for making same that may comprise a novel bilayer construct on an anode substrate to provide a dense microstructure, low area specific resistance, and negligible oxygen permeability to form a bilayer ceramic interconnect that is a strong candidate for next-generation, durable, and low-cost tubular solid oxide fuel cells."

The patent was file...