Methane oxidation over A-site ordered and disordered Sr0.8Gd0.2CoO3−δ perovskites†
Abstract
A tetragonal phase Sr0.8Gd0.2CoO3−δ with ordered Gd3+/Sr2+ ions and oxygen vacancy sites is found to be about five times less active in the reaction of methane combustion than a quenched cubic perovskite phase with randomly distributed (disordered) Gd3+/Sr2+ ions over the A-sites of the crystal lattice.