Physico-chemical changes in Ca, Sr and Al-doped La-Mn-O perovskites upon thermochemical splitting of CO2 via redox cycling.

Thermochemical CO2-splitting via redox cycling of Ca, Sr and Al-doped La-Mn perovskites induces irreversible changes in the texture and chemical composition of these oxides. Though the crystal structure is mostly preserved after high-temperature redox cycling, the chemical stability is detrimentally affected by sintering and by the formation and eventual segregation of a carbonate phase during oxidation by CO2. Carbonation of the Ca and Sr phase was diminished by Al-substitution of the Mn-cation in the B-position.