“…Lanthanum nickelate La 2 NiO 4+ +d with ap erovskite-related K 2 NiF 4 -type structure possessesacomparatively high electronic conductivity, [1][2][3][4][5] high oxygen diffusivity and surface exchange kinetics, [4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and moderate thermal and low chemical expansion, [3,5,[11][12][13] and is, therefore, considered as ap romising mixed ionic-electronic conductor (MIEC) for high-temperature electrochemical applications, such as dense MIEC membranes for oxygen separation [4,14,15] and oxygen electrodes for solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells (SOFC/SOEC). [3,9,[16][17][18][19][20] Good electronic transport Scm À1 at 800 8Ci na ir) [1][2][3][4][5]21] is provided by the mixed 2+ +/3+ + oxidation state of the Ni cations in the perovskite layers of the Ruddlesden-Popper K 2 NiF 4 -type structure whereas ionic transport in La 2 NiO 4+ +d occurs predominantly through the migration of interstitial oxygen in rock-salt-type LaO layers. [22][23][24][25][26] At ambient temperature, the symmetry of the La 2 NiO 4+ +d crystal lattice depends on the level of frozen-in oxygen overstoichiometry d. [27][28][29] Above~450 8C, the equilibrium oxygen excess decreases ...…”