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Crystallographic changes and thermal properties of lanthanum?strontium ferromanganites between RT and 700 �C

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Abstract X-ray powder diffraction was used to determine the crystallographic changes between room temperature (RT) and 700 °C of the (La 0.8 Sr 0.2 )(Mn 1− y Fe y )O 3± δ perovskites with y =0.2, 0.5, 0.8, 1 which can be considered as possible cathode materials for the ITSOFCs. For y =0.2, the rhombohedral symmetry was preserved in the whole temperature range. For y =1, a transition from orthorhombic to rhombohedral symmetry occurred at 290 °C. The compounds with y =0.5 and 0.8 were found to be diphasic at RT by combination of both rhombohedral and orthorhombic symmetries. They became only rhombohedral at 80 and 160 °C, respectively. This reversible transition is discussed in terms of iron concentration, vacancy diffusion and oxidation state. These results were corroborated by a dilatometric study. The thermal expansion coefficients of these materials show a good compatibility with YSZ, the usual yttria-stabilized zirconia electrolyte.