“…Due to the rising cost of precious metals, perovskite-type oxides (with the general formula ABO 3 ) have attracted a lot of attention due to their low cost, good redox properties, and high poisoning resistance compared to those of preciousmetal-based catalysts (Seyfi et al, 2009;Zawadzki and Trawczynski, 2011). The redox ability and number of oxygen defects can be varied via a partial substitution with cations with similar oxidation state and ionic radius at the A-site or B-site to form A 1-x A' x B 1-y B' y O 3 , resulting in improved catalytic and other functional properties (Seyfi et al, 2009;Prasad et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2012). Compounds with lanthanum in the A position and Co or Mn in the position B, such as LaCoO 3 or LaMnO 3 , have been studied for application in catalytic oxidation (Prasad et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2012).…”