Issue 12, 2010

Facile synthesis of ultra-small monodisperse ceria nanocrystals at room temperature and their catalytic activity under visible light

Abstract

An optimized facile method has been developed to synthesize ultra-small monodisperse ceria nanocrystals (3 to 4 nm) strictly at RT. The presence of well resolved broad peaks ([111], [200], [220] and [311]) for as-synthesized samples reveal the formation of the cubic phase of ceria. The detailed characterization by TEM exhibited the formation of monodisperse and crystalline ceria nanocrystals. These as-synthesized nanocrystals have shown autocatalytic behaviour and photocatalytic activity under visible sunlight, hence appears to be potential candidates for biomedical (antioxidant), solar cell applications.

Graphical abstract: Facile synthesis of ultra-small monodisperse ceria nanocrystals at room temperature and their catalytic activity under visible light

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Nov 2009
Accepted
11 Dec 2009
First published
04 Feb 2010

J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 2381-2385

Facile synthesis of ultra-small monodisperse ceria nanocrystals at room temperature and their catalytic activity under visible light

Y. S. Chaudhary, S. Panigrahi, S. Nayak, B. Satpati, S. Bhattacharjee and N. Kulkarni, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 2381 DOI: 10.1039/B922914K

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