Solid solutions based on Bi 4 V 2 O 11 , where vanadium is partially replaced by another cation (ME), form a BIMEVOX family, which is characterized by high oxy gen ionic conductivity at moderate temperatures. According to Abraham et al. [1], bismuth vanadate contains the layers of (Bi 2 O 2 ) 2+ , which alternate with the layers of (VO 3 0.5 ) 2-having anionic sublattice vacancies ( ). The Bi 4 V 2 O 11 compound undergoes a number of polymorphic transformations: α β γ. The high temperature γ modification possesses the highest conductivity. The tetragonal structure of γ Bi 4 V 2 O 11 contains three nonequivalent oxygen positions: O(1) in the layer of Bi 2 O 2 , apical position O(2), and position O(3) in the base plane of V-O polyhedrons. The structure exhibits a maximum disor der of oxygen atoms on positions O(2) and O(3) [2].A number of publications were dedicated to studies of niobium substituted bismuth vanadates. According to published data [3], the composition Bi 2 V 1 -x Nb x O 5.5 (BINBVOX) occurs in α , β , and γ modifications at 0 < x ≤ 0.075, 0.075 < x ≤ 0.15, and 0.15 < х ≤ 0.30, respectively. Steil et al. [4] Attempts at preparing a Bi 2 VO 5.5 phase and BIMEVOX (ME = Zn, Sc, Sb, In, and Pb) by mechanochemical synthesis have been made [9,10]. Diffraction patterns characteristic of the high temperature γ phase were obtained for BIMEVOX. On the contrary, a mixture of phases with the structures of fluorite and clinobisvan ite was detected in the composition of (2Bi 2 O 3 + V 2 O 5 ), which ideally corresponds to the Aurivillius phase formula Bi 2 VO 5.5 . According to Zyryanov [9], compounds with incongruent melting, including Bi 2 VO 5.5 , are not formed upon mechanical synthesis. However, Castro et al. [10] managed to stabilize γ Bi 4 V 2 O 11 by a mechanochemical activation method followed by annealing at a moderate temperature without the introduction of iso or heterovalent sub stituents into the positions of V.This work was dedicated to a study of the preparation, structure, and electrical conductivity of Bi 4 V 2 -x Nb x O 11 solid solutions. EXPERIMENTAL A standard ceramic processing in a temperature range of 770-1070 K, a coprecipitation method, and mechanochemical activation were used for the synthe sis of Abstract-The preparation and the structure and transport characteristics of Bi 4 V 2 -x Nb x O 11 (BINBVOX) were studied. A comparative analysis of the synthesis of solid solutions was performed. The sintering of ceramics and the electrical conductivity as a function of temperature, composition and partial oxygen pres sure were studied.