“…The contact material, as well as, its reaction products should demonstrate an appropriate thermal expansion behavior and high thermochemical and structural stability in the oxidizing cathode environment [8,9]. interactions of these kind of materials with Cr-containing steel interconnects, due to their susceptibility to form phases like Ag 2 CrO 4 , AgCrO 2 , SrCrO 4 , Cr-spinels or Crperovskites, the use of those materials, in most of the cases, are quite effective for improving the electrical contact between the cathodes and metallic interconnects [11][12][13][14][15]. In this study, (La 0.8 Sr 0.2 ) 0.95 Fe 0.6 Mn 0.3 Co 0.1 O 3 (LSFMC), LaNi 0.6 Fe 0.4 O 3- (LNF) and LaNi 0.6 Co 0.4 O 3- (LNC) are selected for their use as contact layers, for intermediate temperature (IT-SOFC, 600-800 ºC), due to their adequate sintering activity, electrical conductivity and thermal expansion coefficient (TEC).…”