“…With the increasing Al-doped content, the electron binding energy of La 3d tends to increase (0.3–0.8 eV), which indicates that when the covalent nature of La–O decreases, lattice oxygen may participate in phosphate adsorption. , With increasing Al-doped content, the electron binding energies of Al 2p (Figure c) and Fe 2p (Figure d) tend to increase and decrease, respectively; Al doping may cause a change in the Fe valence state . The XPS spectra of the Fe 2p region can be fitted into peaks at ∼708.7–710.5 and 723–724 eV belonging to Fe 2+ and at 710.5–712.6 and 724.8–725.9 eV belonging to Fe 3+ (Figure d). ,, After doping with Al, the ratio of Fe 2+ /Fe 3+ tends to increase, indicating that additional Fe 3+ is converted to Fe 2+ (Table S2), which may generate oxygen vacancies and adsorb oxygen on the surface because of charge compensation. The O 1s region of LaFe 1– x Al x O 3 was deconvoluted into two peaks at ∼527–529 and 529.5–531 eV, which belong to lattice oxygen and adsorbed oxygen, respectively. , The lattice oxygen (O lat ) is primarily La–O, Fe–O, and Al–O, and the adsorbed oxygen (O ads ) is primarily the oxygen vacancy formed by physically and chemically adsorbed water, hydroxyl oxygen, O lat point defects, line defects, and surface defects (Figure e). , The ratios of adsorbed oxygen to lattice oxygen of LFO, LFAO-1, LFAO-2, LFAO-3, and LFAO-4 are 0.68, 0.84, 1.16, 1.33, and 1.35, respectively (Table S2).…”