Abstract
ABSTRACTOxide ion conductivity studies have been done on the Lanthanum Gallate based compounds. Yttrium substitution at the Ga site has been attempted to increase the unit cell size. Single phase was obtained for limited Y substituion i.e., La0.9Sr0.1Ga0.7Y0.1Mg0.2O3-x. It is found that the activation energy for the oxide ion conductivity has decreased for this composition. Based on the tolerance factor and B-site radius values, the migration energies were obtained for the LaGaO3 based perovskites. It is observed that migration energy has been significantly reduced upon substitution at the B-site. Absence of an enhancement in the conductivity with Yttrium substitution could be due to the vaccancy ordering inhibiting the oxide ion migration.
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