The phase relationships and the electrochemical behavior of cobaltites with high content of Ba, such as, La 1-x Ba x CoO 3-δ with x = 0.5, 0.7 and 1.0, Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 0.8 Fe 0.2 O 3-δ (BSCF) and BaCo 0.7 Fe 0.2 Nb 0.1 O 3-δ (BCFN), were studied by XRD and impedance spectroscopy varying the electrode configurations from a single porous layer to a graded-cathode using Ce 0.9 Gd 0.1 O 1.95 (GDC) as electrolyte. Regardless of the electrode material, symmetrical cells with graded-cathodes displayed the lowest polarization resistance (R p ) values. The minimum R p values were found to be 0.036 and 0.039 cm 2 at 600 • C, in air, for La 0.5 Ba 0.5 CoO 3-δ (LBC) and BSCF, respectively. The impedance spectra reveals mainly two processes, one at intermediate frequency (IF) in the range (0.1 ≤ f ≤ 5 × 10 3 Hz) and another at low frequency (LF) in the range (1 ≤ f ≤ 3 Hz). The variation of the parameter n (obtained from the log(R IF ) vs. log(pO 2 ) plots) in relation with the electrode configuration, indicates the rate-limiting process goes from a mixture of the ion transfer at the electrode/electrolyte interface and the charge transfer at the electrode surface to a mixture between this last process and the dissociation of the oxygen molecule.