Abstract:
Cathode materials with mixed ion-electron conductivity (MIEC) are necessary for the development of
low or intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. Perovskite and perovskite-related materials are
promising candidates on this role. In the review the conductivity and the thermal expansion of materials
with various types of perovskite-related structures such as pure perovskite, double perovskite, brownmillerite and Ruddlesden-Popper phases have been compared. And the literature data on the values
of the electronic and ionic conductivities, the oxygen diffusion coefficient, and the thermal expansion coefficient of various compositions have been collected. It was shown that the disordered cubic perovskites possess the higher electronic conductivity whereas the layered perovskites and materials with the Ruddlesden-Popper structure have higher ionic conductivity and lower value of thermal expansion.
