Fuel Electrode Material for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Fuel Electrode Using the Same, and Fuel Cell

Abstract

Disclosed are a material for forming a fuel electrode for solid oxide fuel cell, and a fuel electrode formed using the material. The material enables to obtain a fuel electrode which has good gas permeability while being excellent in electrochemical reactivity, conductivity and durability of such characteristics. In addition, such a fuel electrode does not suffer from damage or destruction due to thermal stress between itself and another component. Specifically disclosed is a nickel-zirconia-ceria fuel electrode material for solid oxide fuel cell, comprising a mixture of a coarse ceria particle group, a fine zirconia particle group, and a nickel oxide particle group; wherein the coarse ceria particle group is a group of ceria particle doped with at least one element selected from yttrium, samarium, gadolinium; the fine zirconia particle group is a group of zirconia particle stabilized by yttria and/or scandia; and average particle sizes of the respective particle groups satisfy a following relation: the coarse ceria particle group>the nickel oxide particle group>the fine zirconia particle group.

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