(Ga1/2V1/2)4+-doped lanthanum silicate apatites with improved ionic conductivity for solid oxide fuel cell electrolytes

The elemental doping strategy was widely adopted to improve the ion transport of lanthanum silicate apatites (La 9.33 Si 6 O 26 , LSO), a very promising electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Specifically, La 9.33 Si 5.5 (Ga 1/2 V 1/2 ) 0.5 O 26 , i.e., LSGV 0.5 is obtained through (Ga 1/2 V 1/2 ) 4+ doping, which leads to not only a 4-fold oxygen ion conductivity (15.8 mS/cm at 800 °C) improvement, but also a 150 °C reduced sintering temperature compared with that of LSO. The as-such fabricated SOFC achieves a peak power density of 0.357 W/cm 2 at 800 °C using LSGV 0.5 as the electrolyte, demonstrating the effective complex ion doping towards enhanced performance for apatite-based electrolytes.