Co-Doped LaMnO3 Perovskite Structure Nanoparticles as a Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reactions

Abstract

Current paper, we have examined lanthanum manganese cobalt (LaMn1-xCoxO3) perovskite nanoparticles synthesized by utilizing the sol-gel process and following calcinated at 450 °C for 1h and 900 °C for 7h, respectively. The fabricated alloys show single-phase perovskite structure is an order of LaMn1-xCoxO3 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1). The synthesized LaMn1-xCoxO3 perovskite oxide nanoparticles have the crystal structure, and powder morphology properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), respectively. The perovskite structure has been shown to be particularly effective for the catalytic reactions of ORR and OER in alkaline medium. The merged valance transition metal oxides are bifunctional electrocatalysts which give rise to potential candidates, the electrochemical functioning of the LaMn1-xCoxO3 catalyst was entirely investigated. All compounds of ORR polarization curves show that the four-electron pathway, which results in Koutecky-Levich is compatible with these perovskite structures. Current work, we describe B-site extend adding of Co ratio into perovskite structure is an appropriate strategy to increase ORR and OER electrocatalytic performance for application in metal-air batteries.