Lanthanum-doped barium stannate, Ba0.98La0.02SnO3 (LBS) ceramic oxide was developed as an alternative redox stable anode material for oxide-ion conducting, low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (350-650 degrees C). LBS with ZnO as a sintering aid exhibited a high electronic conductivity of 216 S/cm at 650 degrees C under reducing gas conditions. A flexural strength of similar to 66 MPa at 550 degrees C was obtained for ZnO-doped LBS; further investigation revealed that it can withstand 10 reduction-oxidation and thermal cycles. The performance of ZnO-doped LBS as an anode was determined with a GDC based electrolyte-supported SOFC. The catalytic activity for hydrogen oxidation and oxide conductivity was introduced by infiltration of Ni-GDC precursor. The maximum power densities of 0.28 W/cm(2) (at 0.6 A/cm(2)) and 0.17 W/cm(2) (at 0.36 A/cm(2)) was achieved at 650 and 600 degrees C, respectively, in humidified hydrogen as fuel for 2 wt% ZnO-doped LBS. (C) 2016 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.