Abstract
Thin film single chamber solid oxide fuel cell (SC-SOFC) with Barium Cerium Oxide (BaCeO3) electrolyte film as proton conductor, grown by the helicon plasma sputtering, was studied to determine the power generation property at lower operating temperatures between 200 and 400°C in the gas mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen. An SC-SOFC with a BaCeO3 electrolyte film thickness of 5 μm could be operated at 400°C in the gas mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen and had a maximum open circuit voltage of 455 mV. However, a V-I property at 400°C of SC-SOFC was considerably poor as a development index of SOFC, because the cell resistance with a several kΩ was due mainly to the interface reaction resistance of between the Pt catalytic electrodes and an amorphous electrolyte film.
