creator Selman, Jan Robert creator Nomura, Hiroshi creator Al-hallaj, Said A method and apparatus for electrostatic spray deposition (ESD) for fabricating a thin-layer yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrolyte on a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) anode substrate constructed of nickel-YSZ cermet. By reducing the thickness of the electrolyte, and thereby reducing the cell internal IR drop, an intermediate temperature SOFC (ITSOFC) can operate at 600-800.degree. C. A collar positioned at a distance from a discharge end of a spray nozzle enhances a spray pattern of a precursor including the electrolyte material and thus provides a very thin electrolyte layer. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2012-05-02T17:48:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 8166911.pdf: 268364 bytes, checksum: 60956209f454f213590369a6ea58193a (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-05-02T17:48:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8166911.pdf: 268364 bytes, checksum: 60956209f454f213590369a6ea58193a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-01 Illinois Institute of Technology 2012-05-02 2012-05-01 8,166,911 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2736 en United States Patent Primary US Patent Classification 118/624 US Patent Classification 118/504 US Patent Classification 118/621 US Patent Classification 118/628 US Patent Classification 118/629 US Patent Classification 239/706 International Patent Classification B05B 5/025 International Patent Classification B05C 11/00 Patent reformatted digital application/pdf No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access