The purpose of this paper is to achieve a ceramic material based on cerium dioxide and copper as an attempt to optimize the properties of the anode used for intermediate temperature fuel cells SOFC-IT.

The synthesis of the material was accomplished by the precipitation method using the corresponding salts.The parameters of the precipitation route (solution pH as well as synthesis temperature) have been carefully contoled in order to obtain a homogenous material of cerium oxide particles uniformly coated with copper oxide nanoparticles. The obtained material was characterized by XR diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, measurements of specific surface area, density and porosity.

Characterization results revealed the formation a material of high crystallinity level and the mutual diffusion of the two components. A material of a porosity which allows its use in cells such as SOFC was also obtained.