One pot synthesis and characterization of ultra fine CeO 2 and Cu/CeO 2 nanoparticles. Application for low temperature CO oxidation

Apostolos Fotopoulos, Jiannis Arvanitidis, Dimitris Christofilos, Konstantinos Papaggelis, M. Kalyva, Konstantinos Triantafyllidis, Dimitris Niarchos, Nikos Boukos, Georgia Basina, Vasilios Tzitzios*

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Abstract

Ultra fine cerium oxide and copper doped cerium oxide nanoparticles are prepared in a one-step reaction by thermal decomposition of Ce acetate in commercial oleylamine. The products are highly crystalline and were characterized by XRD, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, TEM and BET. The TEM images show that the CeO 2 particles prepared are uniformly nanosized. The size of the nanoparticles can be controlled in the sub-10 nm range by the presence of other capping agent in the reaction mixture such as tri-octylphosphine oxide and oleic acid. The copper doped cerium oxide nanoparticles show high specific surface area (up to 299 m 2/gr) and high catalytic activity for the low temperature CO oxidation even at low copper loading such as 9 at.%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8593-8598
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Volume11
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CO Oxidation
  • Ceria
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Copper
  • Nanocrystalline

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • General Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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