Ceria-carbonate Electrolyte Ceramic Membrane for Intermediate and Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Review

A solid oxide fuel cell (sofc) is a potential energy conversion technology with high efficiency and high fuel impurity tolerance. its electrolyte layer is a crucial component and a novel ceria-carbonate electrolyte ceramic membrane has been developed for the intermediate and low temperature sofcs (it-lt sofcs). the ceria-carbonate electrolyte can be produced by either a two-steps process which produces microscale particles or a one-step process which produces nanoscale materials. the ceria-carbonate composite ceramic membrane facilitates both of the oxide ion and proton conductions thus this material has a potential to raise the multi-ions transportation and improve performance of it-lt sofcs.