A mixed ionic and electronic conductor represented by Formula 1:

T.sub.xVa.sub.yA.sub.1-x-yM.sub.zO.sub.3-,

wherein T includes at least one monovalent cation, A includes at least one of a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, and a trivalent cation, M includes at least one of a trivalent cation, a tetravalent cation, and a pentavalent cation, M is an element other than Ti and Zr, Va is a vacancy, is an oxygen vacancy, 0<x, y0.25, 0<z<1, and 01.

A perovskite material represented by Formula 1:

Li.sub.xA.sub.yM.sub.zO.sub.3-Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, 0<x1, 0<y1, 0<x+y<1, 0<z1.5, 01, A is H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, or a combination thereof, and M is Ni, Pd, Pb, Fe, Ir, Co, Rh, Mn, Cr, Ru, Re, Sn, V, Ge, W, Zr, Mo, Hf, U, Nb, Th, Ta, Bi, Li, H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Mg, Al, Si, Sc, Zn, Ga, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Pt, Au, or a combination thereof.

The current technology is directed to red and red-shade violet pigments with an hexagonal ABO.sub.3 structure of the form Y(In, M)O.sub.3 in which M is substituted for In in the trigonal bipyramidal B site of the ABO.sub.3 structure, and where M is a mixture containing Co.sup.2+ and charge compensating ions, or M is a mixture containing Co.sup.2+ and charge compensating ions, as well as other aliovalent and isovalent ions.

The present invention relates to an electrochemical catalyst structure and a method for producing the same. The electrochemical catalyst structure may include a catalyst layer including a perovskite based oxide as an electrochemical oxygen reduction catalyst; and a modifying layer being in contact with the catalyst layer and including a transition metal oxide capable of chemical interaction with a metal of the perovskite based oxide through electron orbital hybridization.

Thermoregulated multilayer material characterized in that it comprises at least one substrate and one thermoregulated layer, said thermoregulated multilayer material having: for radiation of between 0.25 and 2 m, an absorption coefficient m0.8; and, for incident radiation of between 7.5 and 10 m, a reflection coefficient m: m0.85, when the temperature T of said multilayer material 1 is 100 C.; m between 0.3 and 0.85, when the temperature T of said multilayer material is between 0 and 400 C.

Disclosed are air electrode materials suitable for use in solid oxide electrochemical cells (SOCs). The disclosed cells can operate in a dual function modes, i.e., as a fuel cell and as an electrolysis cell. In both cases, chemical energy and electrical energy can be directly convert from one mode to the other; thereby providing a highly efficient energy conversion process that can be used as a sustainable energy source.

A powder material for an air electrode in a solid oxide fuel cell, the powder material being a powder of a metal composite oxide having a perovskite crystal structure represented by:
A1.sub.1-xA2.sub.xBO.sub.3-, where the element A1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of La and Sm, the element A2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, the element B is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni, x satisfies 0<x<1, and is an oxygen deficiency amount. The powder has a specific surface area of 20 m.sup.2/g or more, satisfies (Crystallite diameter/Specific surface area-based particle diameter)0.3, and contains elements M in an amount of 300 ppm or less in terms of atoms, the elements M being other than the elements A1, A2 and B, and oxygen.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oxygen carrier, discloses a medium-entropy perovskite oxygen carrier and its preparation method and application thereof, the synthesis procedure includes preparing an aqueous solution from metallic nitrate serving as a raw material, performing a coprecipitation reaction with at least one of aqueous ammonia solution, a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution or a sodium carbonate aqueous solution as a precipitant at a pH value of 9.5 to 10.5; obtaining the La.sub.3CoMnAlO.sub.9 powers after stirring, standing, washing, drying and calcining. The preparation method is simple, synthetic conditions are easy to control, and batch production could be achieved.

One or more embodiments relates to compositions, method of using and methods of producing a gas mixture. The method includes supplying a composition La.sub.xSr.sub.yCo.sub.zM.sub.wO.sub.3, where x ranges from 0.5 to 1, y ranges 0.0 to 1-x, z ranges from 0.1 to 1.0, and M is a dopant or dopants where w ranges from 0.0 to 1-z; and energizing the composition directly using electromagnetic energy to heat the composition to a temperature above 700? C. The method further includes contacting the composition with a reactant gas mixture comprising methane and an oxidant forming a product gaseous mixture.

A sodium-containing oxide positive electrode material and a preparation method therefor and use thereof are disclosed. Also disclosed are a positive electrode plate and uses thereof.