A portable solid oxide fuel cell using butane gas as fuel was demonstrated.
A yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) tube (7 mm in diameter and 90 mm in len
gth) was used as the electrolyte with a porous Pt cathode and a Ni-YSZ cerm
et anode. The cell showed an output power of 0.14 W using a commercial buta
ne gas bomb. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.