%0 Journal Article %T Synthesis,Characterization,andCatalyticActivityofNanocrystallineLa1-xEuxFeO3duringtheCombustionofToluene %A Seyed Ali HOSSEINI %A Mohammad Taghi SADEGHI-SORKHANI %A Leila KAFI-AHMADI %A Abdolali ALEMI %A Aligholi NIAEI %A Dariush SALARI %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 1465-1468 %D 2011 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60257-4 %X £¿NanostructuredLaFeO3andsubstitutedLa1-xEuxFeO3(x=0.1,0.15,and0.2)perovskitesweresynthesizedbysol-gelauto-combustionandtheiractivitiesduringthecombustionoftoluenewereevaluated.Thestructureandphysico-chemicalpropertiesoftheperovskiteswerecharacterizedbyX-raydiffraction,Fouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy,scanningelectronmicroscopy,andBETsurfaceareaanalyses.Thecompoundswerecrystallizedasaperovskitephasewithanorthorhombicstructure.Themeanparticlesizeoftheperovskitesincreasedwithanincreaseineuropiumloadingwhilethespecificsurfaceareadecreased.CharacterizationdataconfirmedthatatotalinsertionofEuintoLaFeO3occurredatx¡Ü0.15.However,Eu2O3segregationoccurredtosomeextentespeciallyatx>0.15.ThecatalyticactivityofthecatalystsincreasedsubstantiallywithanincreaseinEusubstitutionintheevaluatedrange. %K perovskite %K sol-gel %K europium %K volatileorganiccompounds %K catalyticoxidation %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract20528.shtml