Preparation of Pd supported on La(Sr)-Mn-O Perovskite by microwave Irradiation Method and Its Catalytic Performances for the Methane Combustion

In this work, a series of palladium supported on the La(0.8)Sr(0.2)MnO(3.15) perovskite catalysts (Pd/LSM-x) with different Pd loading were prepared by microwave irradiation processing plus incipient wetness impregnation method and characterized by XRD, TEM, H(2)-TPR and XPS. These catalysts were evaluated on the lean CH(4) combustion. The results show that the Pd/LSM-x samples prepared by microwave irradiation processing possess relative higher surface areas than LSM catalyst. The addition of Pd to the LSM leads to the increase in the oxygen vacancy content and the enhancement in the mobility of lattice oxygen which play an important role on the methane combustion. The Pd/LSM-3 catalysts with 4.2wt% Pd loading exhibited the best performance for CH(4) combustion that temperature for 10% and 90% of CH(4) conversion is 315 and 520 °C.