An innovative design, alternative to the conventional metal supported fuel cells (MSC) is proposed. This new design of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), comprises a 200 mu m layer of a honeycomb-metallic framework with hexagonal cells which supports a 250 mu m layer of electrolyte. Each hexagonal cell is further functionalized with a thin 5-10 mu m of Ni-YSZ anode. This new design allows a reduction of similar to 65% of the metallic supporting material, rendering performances over 300 mW cm(-2) under pure hydrogen at 850 degrees C, with an OCV of similar to 1.1 V. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.