As power demand surges in the AI era, the protonic ceramic electrochemical cell (PCEC), which can simultaneously produce electricity and hydrogen, is gaining attention as a next-generation energy technology. However, this cell has faced the technical limitation of requiring an ultra-high production temperature of 1,500°C.

A KAIST research team has succeeded in establishing a new manufacturing process that lowers this limit by more than 500°C for the first time.