Porous La1-xSrxCoO3-delta (LSC) electrodes with Sr composition x = 0.2 (LSC-82) and x = 0.4 (LSC-64) were prepared by screen-printing LSC powders onto rare-earth doped ceria electrolytes, followed by sintering at 950 similar to 1100 degrees C, and characterization using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface-area analysis, 3-D morphological imaging based on focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM), and energy dispersion X-ray spectroscopy (EDX/EDS). The batch-to-batch variability and degradation (over 1000 similar to 2000 hours) of the electrochemical performance of these cells were studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and measurements of nonlinear electrochemical impedance (NLEIS). These measurements reveal a strong correlation between the characteristic frequency (omega(c)) and characteristic resistance (R-c) of the electrodes, which, when analyzed in light of microstructural data, indicates that performance variability and degradation are caused primarily by variations in the surface rate coefficient k(T) for O-2 exchange. (C) 2014 The Electrochemical Society.