BaCeO 3 -based proton-conducting electrolytes was studied for the first time. Despite the high electronic and oxygen-ionic conductivity in the SFM-SDC, its electrochemical performance was not satisfactory, while the presence of the proton-conducting phase and exsolved nickel particles on the SFNM-BCGC electrode increased the electrochemical activity about 3 to 5 times. In series SFM-SDC, SFM-BCGC, SFNM-BCGC the polarization resistance was about 1.06, 0.54, 0.37 Ohm cm 2 at 800 C and 10.02, 3.55, 2.12 Ohm cm 2 at 600 C in wet hydrogen. The presence of sufficient proton conductivity in the electrode is supposed to be crucial for the efficient performance of the anodes in contact with proton-conducting oxides.