Processing and Electrochemical Properties of Mixed Conducting Lat-xAxCo1-yFeyO3-δ (A=Sr, Ca)

Abstract

AbstractPowder compositions in the series Lat-xAxCo1-yFeyO3-δ (A=Sr, Ca) have been prepared by a combustion synthesis method. Sintering of pressed powders produced high-density test specimens with the perovskite structure. The specimens exhibited high electrical conductivities with appreciable oxygen-ion conductivity that increased with Co content for the compositions studied. Oxygen permeation studies showed a significant flux of oxygen that increased with temperature for specimens in a P(O2) gradient with no applied field. Thermogravimetric studies of the Lat-xCo0.2Fe0.8O3-δ system indicated a reversible mass loss with increasing temperature that increased with Sr content.