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For improving cost competitiveness of both SOEC and SOFC technology, it is desirable to reduce the temperature of operation preferably down towards 500 oC – 600 oC, as this will slow down the rate of various degradation processes and allow use of much cheaper materials for auxiliary components. In this range, the oxygen electrode typically dominates the cell resistance, and hence there is a need to develop cost effective electrodes with improved performance at low temperature. Whereas the oxygen exchange on Ruddlesden-Popper type Ni based compounds like Pr2NiO4 with interstitial oxygen defects is known to be very fast, reported electrode performance of micron-sized composites based on these... 

Nowday, one of the important goals of researchers is to develop and improve the properties of intermediate tempreture solid oxide fuel cells with range of 600-800˚C. Therefore, choosing the right material as a cathode with good performance in this temperature range is very important. For this purpose, various materials with ionic and electron conductivity mixtures (MIECs) are used, especially oxides with a Radelsden-Paper structure. These oxides are shown by the formula An+1BnC3n+1, which are actually composed of a combination of perovskite layers (ABO3) that are alternately superimposed between two layers of rock salt (AO). In the present study, Sr3Fe2O7 powder with different amounts...