title: Oxygen nonstoichiometry and ionic transport properties of La0.4Sr0.6CoO3-delta .
abstract: Homogeneous samples of La0.4Sr0.6CoO3-delta were obtained by the glycine nitrate process. The oxygen nonstoichiometry was determined from oxygen exchange measurements as a function of oxygen partial pressure (10(-4) bar < PO2 < 10(-2) bar) and temperature (300 degrees C < T< 900 degrees C). The chemical diffusion coefficient D was obtained from oxygen exchange measurements applying a stepwise variation of the oxygen partial pressure of the ambient atmosphere of a disk-shaped sample. The amount of oxygen absorbed or desorbed by the perovskite was analyzed as a function of time. Chemical diffusion data were evaluated using simplified and exact fitting procedures taking into account the surface exchange coefficient. Alternatively, galvanostatic polarization measurements were performed in a PO2-range between 10(-4) and 10(-2) bar to yield D and the ionic conductivity sigma(i) from the long time solution of the diffusion equation. Values for D from polarization measurements at T= 775 degrees C and from oxygen exchange measurements at T= 725 degrees C are in good agreement with each other. D and sigma(1) increase with increasing PO2 (10(-4) to 10(-2) bar). The ionic conductivity shows a maximum at 3-delta approximately 2.82 and decreases with decreasing oxygen content indicating the possible formation of vacancy ordered structures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Austria. sitte@unileoben.ac.at
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sitte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benisek
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Preis
mesh_terms: D007700:Kinetics; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods; D013324:Strontium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D007811:Lanthanum; D010100:Oxygen; D013324:Strontium