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Charting the Landscape of Oxygen Ion Conductors: A 60-Year Dataset with Interpretable Regression Models

Materials Science 2026-01-26 v1

Abstract

Oxygen ion conductors are indispensable materials for such as solid oxide fuel cells, sensors, and membranes. Despite extensive research across diverse structural families, systematic data enabling comparative analysis remain scarce. Here, we present a curated dataset of oxygen ion conductors compiled from 8484 experimental reports spanning 6060 years, covering 483483 materials. Each record includes activation energy (EaE_a) and prefactor (AA) derived from Arrhenius plots, alongside detailed metadata on structure, composition, measurement method, and data source. When the original papers derive these using an erroneous Arrhenius equation σT=Aexp(EaRT)\sigma_T=A\exp{\left(-\frac{E_a}{RT}\right)}, where (σT\sigma_T is the oxygen ion conductivity at temperature TT and RR is the gas constant), we replotted these using the correct one, σTT=Aexp(EaRT)\sigma_{T}T=A\exp{\left(-\frac{E_a}{RT}\right)}. To illustrate how the database can be used, we constructed interpretable regression models for predicting oxygen ionic conductivity. Two symbolic regression models for E_a and A suggest that oxygen ion transport is primarily governed by local coordination environment and the electrostatic interactions, respectively. This dataset establishes a reliable foundation for data-driven discovery and predictive modeling of next-generation oxygen ion conductors.

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@article{arxiv.2601.16852,
  title  = {Charting the Landscape of Oxygen Ion Conductors: A 60-Year Dataset with Interpretable Regression Models},
  author = {Seong-Hoon Jang and Shin Kiyohara and Hitoshi Takamura and Yu Kumagai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.16852},
  year   = {2026}
}