It has a fine particle size suitable for
electrolyte membrane fabrication, and is made of BaSc 0.8 Mo 0.2 O 3-δ The present invention provides
proton-conducting
composite oxide powders with a high content of [a specific substance] and methods for producing the same. [Solution] The
proton-conducting
composite oxide powder of the present invention is BaSc x M 1-x O 3-δ The present invention provides a method for producing a
proton-conducting
composite oxide powder that contains 60% by volume or more of the composite
oxide represented by the formula, and has an average particle size of 0.05 μm or less. The present invention provides a method for producing a proton-conducting composite
oxide powder that includes a
precipitation step of adding at least one
aqueous solution of a
hydrochloric acid-based
aqueous solution and a
nitric acid-based
aqueous solution, which has a pH of less than 2 and contains Ba ions, Sc ions, and ions of element M (M is one or more elements selected from Mo and W), to an alkaline aqueous solution to adjust the pH of the alkaline aqueous solution to 10 or more and less than 14 to obtain a precipitate, or a
precipitation step of adding at least one aqueous solution of a
hydrochloric acid-based aqueous solution and a
nitric acid-based aqueous solution, which has a pH of less than 2 and contains Ba ions and Sc ions, to an alkaline aqueous solution, which has a pH of less than 14 to adjust the pH of the alkaline aqueous solution to 10 or more and less than 14 to obtain a precipitate, a
drying step of
drying the precipitate at a predetermined temperature to obtain a precursor powder, and a
calcination step of calcining the precursor powder at a temperature of 700°C or higher.