Shape-selective oriented cerium oxide nanocrystals permit assessment of the effect of the exposed facets on catalytic activity and oxygen storage capacity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8545-8555

  Sreeremya, Thadathil S ^a   Krishnan, Asha ^a   Remani, Kottayilpadi C ^a   Patil, Kashinath R ^b   Brougham, Dermot F ^c   Ghosh, Swapankumar ^a,d  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ceria; Chemical activities; Crystal facets; Nanocrystals; Texture coefficient

Indexed keywords

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; POWDERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; CRYSTAL FACETS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PLANE; DIESEL SOOT COMBUSTION; OXYGEN STORAGE CAPACITY; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; TEXTURE COEFFICIENT;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84928821515     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00298     Document Type: Article

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