Perovskite material is one of the promising classes of redox catalysts for hydrogen production through two-step ther-mochemical H20 splitting.Herein,an analogue of La1-xCaxMnO3 perovskite was systematically investigat...Perovskite material is one of the promising classes of redox catalysts for hydrogen production through two-step ther-mochemical H20 splitting.Herein,an analogue of La1-xCaxMnO3 perovskite was systematically investigated as a catalyst for thermochemical H2 evolution.The Ca doping level（x = 0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8）and re-oxidation temperature were com-prehensively optimized for the improvement of catalytic performance.According to our experimental results,La0.6-Ca0.4MnO3 perovskite displayed the highest yield of H2 at the re-oxidation temperature of 900℃ and the obtained H2 production was -10 times higher than that of the benchmark ceria catalyst under the same experimental condition.More importantly,Lao.6Ca0.4MnO3 perovskite catalyst exhibited impressive cyclic stability in repetitive O2 and H2 test.展开更多
基金financially supported by Australian Research Council(ARC)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51372248 and 51432009)
文摘Perovskite material is one of the promising classes of redox catalysts for hydrogen production through two-step ther-mochemical H20 splitting.Herein,an analogue of La1-xCaxMnO3 perovskite was systematically investigated as a catalyst for thermochemical H2 evolution.The Ca doping level（x = 0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8）and re-oxidation temperature were com-prehensively optimized for the improvement of catalytic performance.According to our experimental results,La0.6-Ca0.4MnO3 perovskite displayed the highest yield of H2 at the re-oxidation temperature of 900℃ and the obtained H2 production was -10 times higher than that of the benchmark ceria catalyst under the same experimental condition.More importantly,Lao.6Ca0.4MnO3 perovskite catalyst exhibited impressive cyclic stability in repetitive O2 and H2 test.
