Oxygen storage capacity of La1−xA′xBO3 perovskites (with A′ = Sr, Ce; B = Co, Mn)-relation with catalytic activity in the CH4 oxidation reaction

Tested in the CH4 oxidation reaction, the LaCoO3 sample was found to present a little higher activity than LaMnO3, even if the cobalt-based sample presented a smaller specific surface area. Moreover, all the substituted samples presented very slightly higher activities than the pure LaMnO3 solid. Because of the supposed redox oxidation mechanism (Mars-Van-Krevelen), this agrees well with the OSC results obtained for the reducibility of the manganese on these samples, by which it was observed that substitution does not clearly affect the immediate reduction of the manganese.