La 1-x Sm x-y Sr y CoO 3-G (LSSC; x=0.475, 0.650, 0.825, y=0.35, 0.40, 0.45) compounds, which have the same compositions as the La 0.7 Sr 0.3 CoO 3-G (LSC) and Sm 0.5 Sr 0.5 CoO 3-G (SSC) mixture (corresponding mole ratio is 3:1, 1:1 and 1:3, respectively), are synthesized through a conventional solid-state reaction and characterized by X-ray diffraction, thermal expansion coefficient, X-ray photoelectron spectrometer and electrical conductivity measurement, as well as the electrochemical impedance spectra and single cell performance measurement. Interestingly, the experimental results reveal that with the linear increase of y in LSSC, the conductivity of the corresponding samples does not alter linearly but reaches a peak when y=0.35, namely, the maximum electrical conductivity enhancing from 2148 S cm-1 (LSC, y=0.30) and 1802 S cm-1 (SSC, y=0.50) to 2750 S cm-1 (y=0.35). In addition, this turning point coincidently corresponds to the structure transition from hexagonal (y=0.35) to orthorhombic (y=0.40). Furthermore, comparing with LSC and SSC, the cathode polarization resistance (R P) decreases by about 50% and 38%, respectively, after employing the LSSC (y=0.40) compound as cathode at 800 o C and 0.21 atm p(O 2), which also leads to an increment