Presentation: 2025 ND EPSCoR Annual conference
October 21, 2025, NDSU Memorial Union, Fargo, North Dakota
Characterization of Novel Perovskite-oxides
Carlos
Munoz
Doctoral Student
University of North Dakota
Co-authors: Alexa Axure, Department of Pre-Engineering, United Tribes Technical College, Dmitri Kilin, PhD, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Ram Hona, PhD, Department of Pre-Engineering, United Tribes Technical College, Nuri Oncel, PhD, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of North Dakota
Session
Poster number: 157
Nueta Room
Recently, catalyst materials have become ubiquitous in their applications and uses, from improving reaction efficiency to facilitating novel synthesis processes and their roles in waste abatement. This broad utility calls for the development of new, available, non-toxic, and efficient catalysts. The main goal of our research is to study how changing Mn concentration affects the performance of perovskite-oxides for oxygen evolution reaction. To correlate the performance of perovskite-oxides with their physical and chemical properties, we investigated them using techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM). With these techniques, we were able to confirm the successful synthesis of the target perovskite compounds. Additionally, by using techniques such as Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) we were able to analyze the composition and oxidation states of our synthesized materials.