“…The NiO (50 wt %)−YSZ mixture was fabricated by suspending a given amount of the YSZ powder in an aqueous solution containing Ni(NO 3 ) 2 (1 mol/L), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (1 mol/L), and poly(vinyl alcohol) [15 wt % of YSZ], and it was followed by drying and calcination. Details about the preparation of the polymer−ceramic mixture, green tube extrusion, fine ceramic powder fabrication, and ceramic sintering were reported in our previous work. ,, After precalcinating the NiO−YSZ polymer green tube at 1000 °C for 2 h, the resultant porous NiO−YSZ tube possessed sufficient mechanical strength to withstand developing a coating layer on it. A slurry was formulated by mixing 150 g of the YSZ fine powder in an organic solution comprising Butiva-79 (6.25 g) (polyvinylbutyral resin, Monsanto), Span-80 (3 mL) (sorbitan monostearate, a nonionic surfactant, Aldrich), fish oil (6 mL), dibutyl phthalate (3 mL), and toluene-methylethyketone (v/v = 1:1, 1 L).…”