The invention discloses an
electrolyte material intermediate and low-temperature
solid oxide fuel cells. The molecular formula of the
electrolyte material is SmxInyCe1-x-yO2-
delta, wherein x is more than 0.01 and less than 1, y is more than 0.01 and less than 1, and
delta is
oxygen vacancy concentration and is more than -0.5 and less than 0.5. The
electrolyte material has the following advantages: through codoping and substitution of elemental In and elemental Sm at the Ce site of a CeO2-
delta base, performance and
conductivity of the electrolyte material are improved; since elemental In has high
electronegativity, electrons can be adsorbed onto the periphery of elemental In, so free electrons in a CeO2-based electrolyte are reduced, the phenomenon of
short circuit in a
cell is improved, and the open-circuit
voltage of a
cell prepared from the electrolyte material is increased; the material has a temperature range of 500 to 800 DEG C, has good
oxygen ion conductivity and small
electron conductivity in an
air atmosphere compared with traditional Sm-doped CeO2, enables a
cell to have high open-circuit
voltage at a same temperature, overcomes the problems of low
sintering activity and low cell open-circuit
voltage of CeO2 and is an ideal material for electrolytes of intermediate and low-temperature
solid oxide fuel cells.