Herein, we developed a novel double dopant bismuth oxide electrolyte system with dysprosium (Dy) and gadolinium (Gd). The effect of the co-dopants on phase stability and electrical properties was investigated. Phase transformation from cubic to rhombohedral was observed as Gd dopant concentration increased and consequently resulted in conductivity degradation. The stabilization of high temperature cubic phase was achieved with a total dopant concentration as low as ∼12 mol% with 8 mol% Dy and 4 mol% Gd double dopant composition (8D4GSB) and this composition showed one of the highest total conductivity reported at this low temperature regime. In addition, the long-term stability of DGSB electrolytes was investigated. © The Author(s) 2016. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is not changed in any way and is properly cited. For permission for commercial reuse, please email: oa@electrochem.org. [DOI: 10.1149/2.0951605jes] All rights reserved.Manuscript submitted November 25, 2015; revised manuscript received January 29, 2016. Published February 9, 2016 Over the last two decades, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) R&D has been concentrated on lowering the operating temperature (<700• C). It is because the operating temperature reduction can allow us to effectively reduce the system cost and increase the long-term stability of SOFCs.1-3 Among SOFC electrolyte materials, yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) system still remains the most popular choice due to its reasonably high ionic conductivity, especially at high temperature ∼800• C, as well as high chemical and mechanical durability over 10,000 h. 4,5 At reduced operating temperatures, however, the ohmic polarization resistance of YSZ is exponentially increased due to its sluggish oxygen ion transport with the thermally activated nature.2 Moreover, there has been repeatedly reported that YSZ materials show high reactivity with other high performance low temperature (LT)-SOFC components including doped ceria oxide electrolytes (e.g., Gd doped ceria) and cobaltite-based perovskite cathodes such as La 1−x Sr x Co 1−y Fe y O 3−δ or Ba 1−x Sr x Co 1−y Fe y O 3−δ .6 To address the issues of the conventional YSZ electrolytes, alternative superionic conductors with higher conductivities, such as doped ceria or stabilized bismuth oxides, have received attention to allow SOFC operation at reduced temperatures.2 Bismuth oxides in a fluorite structure (δ-Bi 2 O 3 ) have been known for their highest oxygen ion conductivity among any reported SOFC electrolytes. This high ionic conductivity is attributed to their inherent defective structures with the intrinsic oxygen vacancy concentration of 25% as well as high anion mobility.7 However, pure δ-Bi 2 O 3 transforms to monoclinic α-phase on cooling belo...