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Fabrication And Catalytic Property Of Cerium Oxide Nanomaterials, Keren Jiang Jan 2011

Fabrication And Catalytic Property Of Cerium Oxide Nanomaterials, Keren Jiang

Department of Chemistry: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Cerium oxide, or ceria (CeOx: x = 1.5 to 2), has been widely used as a heterogeneous catalyst. Ceria has several properties make it high catalytic active: the fluctuating valence of cerium, the high oxygen storage capacity and high oxygen mobility in the nonstoichiometric ceria. With the high abundance of cerium on earth crust, ceria is a highly effective alternative of the noble metal catalysts. Research has been focused on designing nanostructured ceria and ceria related materials in recent years. The catalytic activity of ceria can be enhanced by the nanoscale effect which can be applied for various …