- Title
- Activity of perovskite La₁₋xSrxMnO₃ catalysts towards oxygen reduction in alkaline electrolytes
- Creator
- Tulloch, John; Donne, Scott W.
- Relation
- Journal of Power Sources Vol. 188, Issue 2, p. 359-366
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.12.024
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- The behaviour of the perovskite-based series of compounds La₁₋xSrxMnO₃ (where x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0) towards oxygen reduction in an ambient temperature alkaline 1 M KOH electrolyte is presented. Within this series, the intermediate compound La₀․₄Sr₀․₆MnO₃ exhibits the greatest catalytic activity, approaching that of the considerably more expensive fuel cell grade Pt-black examined under the same conditions. The origin of this activity is discussed in terms of material structure and morphology, which exists in the structural transition region between cubic LaMnO₃ and hexagonal SrMnO₃. The small crystallite size and relatively large BET surface area of this material reflect this high level of structural disorder. Furthermore, these features enable this compound to exhibit the greatest proportion of direct four-electron oxygen reduction (preferred) compared to the less efficient two-electron reduction to peroxide.
- Subject
- lanthanum strontium manganate; perovskite; oxygen reduction; alkaline electrolytes
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/916895
- Identifier
- uon:8148
- Identifier
- ISSN:0378-7753
- Language
- eng
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