Cheng, YuanOh, Tae-SikGorte, Raymond JWilson, RachelVohs, John M2023-05-222023-05-222017-01-012017-11-29https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/5826Porous compostites of Sr-doped LaFeO3 (LSF and yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) were investigated as conductive scaffolds for infiltrated SOFC cathodes with the goal of producing scaffolds for which only a few perovskite infiltration steps are required to achieve sufficient conductivity. While no new phases form when LSF-YSZ composites are calcined to 1623 K, shifts in the lattice parameters indicate Zr can enter the perovskite phase. Measurements on dense, LSF-YSZ composites show that the level of Zr doping depends on the Sr:La ration. Because conductivity of undoped LSF increases with Sr content while both the iconic and electronic conductivities of Zr-doped LSF decrease with the level of Zr in the perovskite phase, there is an optimum initial Sr content corresponding to La0.9Sr0.1FeO3 (LSF91). Although schaffolds made with 100% LSF had a higher conductivity then scaffolds made with 50:50 LSF-YSZ mixtures, the 50:50 mixture provides the optimal interfacial structure with the electrolyte and sufficient conductivity, providing the best cathode performance upon infiltration of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3 (LSCF).© The Author(s) 2017. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.composite scaffoldfuel cellinfiltrationionic conductivityLSCFLSFmembraneSOFCYSZBiochemical and Biomolecular EngineeringChemical EngineeringEnergy SystemsEngineeringMembrane ScienceReport