Protonic ceramic electrolysis cells (PCECs), which permit high-temperature electrolysis of water, exhibit various advantages over conventional solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs), including cost-effectiveness and the potential to operate at low-/intermediate-temperature ranges with high performance and efficiency. Although many effort s have been made in recent years to improve the electrochemical characteristics of PCECs, certain challenges involved in scaling them up remain unresolved. In the present work, we present a twin approach of combining the tape-calendering method with all-Ni-based functional electrodes with the aim of fabricating a tubular-designed PCEC having an enlarged electrode area (4.6 cm 2 ). This cell, based on a 25 μm-thick BaCe 0.5 Zr 0.3 Dy 0.2 O 3-δ proton-conducting electrolyte, a nickelbased cermet and a Pr 1.95 Ba 0.05 NiO 4 + δ oxygen electrode, demonstrates a high hydrogen production rate (19 mL min -1 at 600 °C), which surpasses the majority of results reported for traditional button-or planar-type PCECs. These findings increase the scope for scaling up solid oxide electrochemical cells and maintaining their operability at reducing temperatures.