Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (7): 1109-1114.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60388-4

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Structural Properties and Catalytic Activity of Sr-Substituted LaFeO3 Perovskite

ZHANG Xiaojing, LI Huaju, LI Yong, SHEN Wenjie*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2012-02-14 Revised:2012-03-14 Online:2012-06-21 Published:2012-06-21

Abstract: Partial substitution of La3+ by Sr2+ in LaFeO3 resulted in significant changes in its structure and catalytic activity. The perovskite structure was changed from orthorhombic in LaFeO3 to nearly cubic in La0.8Sr0.2FeO3. Replacement of La3+ by Sr2+ induced a positive charge deficiency that was compensated for by the oxidation of some Fe3+ to Fe4+ and the generation of oxygen vacancies, which greatly promoted the reducibility of the perovskite. La0.8Sr0.2FeO3 gave considerably enhanced activity in CO oxidation and methane combustion because the oxygen vacancies accelerated the dissociation of gaseous oxygen on the surface in CO oxidation and facilitated the diffusion of lattice oxygen from the bulk to the surface during CH4 combustion.

Key words: perovskite, lanthanum ferrite, substitution, reducibility, carbon monoxide oxidation, methane combustion