A novel low-temperature anode-supported cone-shaped tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and segmented-in-series (SIS) SOFC stack based on gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC) membrane which is fabricated by dip coating technique are developed in this study. The single cell, NiO-GDC/GDC (15 mu m)/BSCF-GDC, shows an open-circuit voltage (OCV) of 0.90 V at 400 degrees C and exhibits maximum power densities of 17, 49, 129, 268 and 429 mW cm(-2) at 400, 450, 500, 550 and 600 degrees C, respectively, using moist hydrogen (50 ml min(-1)) as fuel and ambient air as oxidant. A two-cell-stack based on the above-mentioned cone-shaped tubular anode-supported SOFC is fabricated. And its typical operating characteristics are investigated. The results show that the two-cell-stack presents an open circuit voltage (OCV) of about 1.86 Vat 400 degrees C and an output power of 0.55W (at 0.4A and 1.4V) at 550 degrees C. This indicates that the anode-supported cone-shaped tubular SIS-SOFC stack based on GDC membrane is highly promising for low temperature SOFC of portable applications. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.