Porous yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) was impregnated with aqueous solutions of the nitrate salts of Sr, La, and Co to obtain composites of

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La0.6Sr0.4CoO3−δ (LSCo) and YSZ. X-ray diffraction showed that the perovskite phase formed after heating to 973 K and conductivities as high as 7 S/cm were achieved at 973 K with only 30 wt % LSCo. Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) measurements of the composites with as much as 50 wt % LSCo indicated that the CTEs were much lower than the weighted average of the YSZ and LSCo. Electrochemical measurements using symmetric cells in air indicated that the area-specific resistance (ASR) of the composites could be as low as 0.03 Ω cm² at 973 K and 0.01 Ω cm² at 1073 K. These low ASR were verified in a cell with an LSCo-YSZ cathode and a Co-ceria-YSZ anode, which exhibited a total electrode polarization loss of 0.25 Ω cm² at 973 K and 0.1 Ω cm² at 1073 K for operation in humidified

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H2. However, changes in electrochemical performance with time showed that some electrode degradation occurred over a period of 250 h, even at 973 K. © 2004 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.

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