“…It may also contain a small fraction of the di-valent cations such as Mn 2+ (0.83 Å) and Ni 2+ (0.69 Å). As the Co 2+ -and Ni 2+ -doping result in a decrease in the volume of the LSM, while the Fe 2+ -doping leads to an opposite trend [9][10][11][12], one may expect concentrations of the cations, e.g., Mn 3+ , Mn 4+ , Fe 4+ , Co 3+ and Ni 2+ in the LSMFCN (x = 0.3 mole) such a way that the volume became almost equal to that of the LSM (x = 0.3 mole). However, the co-doping largely helped to enhance the oxygen vacancies as observed by the thermogravimetry study, which has been discussed below.…”