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Fabrication And Catalytic Property Of Cerium Oxide Nanomaterials, Keren Jiang
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 …
Synthesis And Catalytic Activity Of Nanostructured Cerium Oxide, Neil J. Lawrence
Synthesis And Catalytic Activity Of Nanostructured Cerium Oxide, Neil J. Lawrence
Department of Chemistry: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Cerium oxide (ceria, CeO2-x where x is 0 to 0.5) has been one of the most widely used heterogeneous catalysts particularly in three way catalytic converters. Most of the catalytic traits can be attributed to two properties of ceria: first, the high mobility and storage capacity of oxygen within the lattice; second, the ease with which cerium changes between Ce3+ and Ce4+ states. These properties, combined with the abundance of cerium on earth, make ceria a low-cost highly effective alternative to noble metal catalysts. Recent research has been focused on the nanoscale properties of ceria.
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