The
electrical conductivity of perovskite-type Sr1–x
Ce
x
FeO3–δ (x = 0.05, 0.10, and 0.15) was measured in the
range of oxygen partial pressure from 10–19 to 0.5
atm at temperatures 750–950 °C. The results were analyzed
using the concentration of iron and cerium ions in different oxidation
states derived from the p
O2
–T–δ diagrams of these compositions
by thermodynamic analysis of defect equilibrium. Three models assuming
different involvements of cerium and iron in electron transport in
addition to hole and oxygen-ion conductivity were used for the simulation
of electrical conductivity data. The best fit to the experimental
data was obtained in the model, suggesting a minor contribution of
electrons localized on cerium ions to conductivity via a separate
network with low carrier mobility. The averaged mobility values for
holes, electrons, and oxygen ions can be indicated for all compositions
as 0.04, 5 × 10–3, and 1 × 10–5 cm2 V–1 s–1 with
activation energies of 0.17, 0.5, and 0.7 eV, respectively. An increase
in the cerium content in Sr1–x
Ce
x
FeO3–δ from 0.05 to
0.15 was found to result in an almost 10-fold decrease in ion conductivity,
which is attributed to a decrease in the mobility of oxygen ions,
whereas it has an insignificant effect on hole and electron conductivity.