Application of Electrochemical Deposition in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology

This review paper describes the principle of electrochemical deposition and introduces recent studies applying it to the electrode fabrication of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), a next-generation energy conversion device. Electrochemical deposition can easily control the structure and morphology of the deposition layer according to the applied bias/time/temperature, etc., and the process is very simple and possible even at low temperatures. In addition, deposition of cerium-based oxides, which are the representative ion-conductors or mixed-conductors widely used for SOFCs, is also possible via electrochemical deposition. To elucidate the effectiveness/novelty of electrochemical deposition, we present examples of the application of electrochemical deposition in SOFCs. Moreover, examples of using this method to study the properties of a material and/or to fabricate perovskite oxide-based electrodes are included.