| Abstract: | There have been a tremendous research affects in recent years for alternative routes of electricity generation using some maximum yield technologies, increased reliability, and minimum pollution. From this point of view, the solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are considered as the cleanest technologies for obtaining electrical energy generation. However, an important fraction of production is wasted during the manufacturing steps. From both economical and environmental point of view, recovery of waste GDC (Gd0.1Ce0.9O3) materials is deemed important. Hence, it is the main purpose of the present study to develop a novel method to recover waste GDC materials and afterwards to produce a new SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) from the recovered materials. The results showed that recovered GDC cell worked as efficient as the fresh materials, revealing the success of the recovery process proposed. |
