Lanthanum Strontium Manganate (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3) Sputtering Target (Size:1'' ,Thickness:0.250'' , Purity: 99.9%) is an oxide ceramic material with the general formula La1−xSrxMnO3, where x describes the doping level.
Lanthanum Strontium Manganate (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3) Sputtering Target has a perovskite-based crystal structure, which has the general form ABO3. In the crystal, the 'A' sites are occupied by lanthanum and strontium atoms, and the 'B' sites are occupied by the smaller manganese atoms. In other words, the material consists of lanthanum manganite with some of the lanthanum atoms substitutionally doped with strontium atoms. The strontium doping on lanthanum introduces extra holes in the valence band and thus increases electronic conductivity.
This material is commonly used as a cathode material in commercially produced solid oxide fuel cells because it has a high electrical conductivity at higher temperatures. Also, Lanthanum Strontium Manganate cathodes used in solid oxide fuel cells have exhibited enhanced catalytic activity after polarization.
Now let’s see that solid oxide fuel cells and how Lanthanum Strontium Manganate (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3) Sputtering Target is used in this area. Solid oxide fuel cells offer an efficient means to convert chemical energy to electricity, with potential applications in transportation, distributed generation, remote power, defense, and many others. An individual solid oxide fuel cell is composed of a fully dense solid electrolyte, a porous cathode or air electrode, and a porous anode or fuel electrode. Fuel cell stacks consist of individual cells that are joined by electrical interconnect plates, and operate in the temperature range of 700–1000 oC. Below you may see the schematic of solid oxide fuel cell with associated reactions. In this system lanthanum strontium manganate most often serves as anode.
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