Polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) membranes are subject to radical-induced degradation. Antioxidant strategies for hydrocarbon-based ionomers containing aromatic units can focus on intermediates that formed upon attack by hydroxyl radicals (HO · ). Among the different intermediates, cation radical P ·+ is most promising target repair, example cerium(III). For “repair” reaction of Ce(III) wit...

J. G. He, Y. Li, X. X. Xue, H. Q. Ru, H. Yang, School of Material and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China; X. W. Huang, National Engineering Research Center for Rare Earth Materials, General Research Institute for Nonferrous Metals, and Grirem Advanced Materials Co., Ltd., Beijing, China. In this paper the electrochemical behaviors of Ce(IV)/Ce(III) redox couple and Ce(IV) F co...

The first example of a molecular cerium vanadium oxide photocatalyst is presented. A cerium vanadium oxide cluster, (nBu4N)2[(Ce(dmso)3)2V(IV)V(V)11O33Cl] × 2DMSO (1), was obtained by bottom-up self-assembly. The compound exhibits high visible-light photooxidative activity towards indigo with quantum efficiencies >10%. Initial mechanistic studies of the photooxidation reaction are presented. Th...

The title compound, C(12)H(18)N(8) (2+)·2NO(3) (-)·2H(2)O, was synthesized unexpectedly from 3-amino-1-methyl-1,4,5,6-tetra-hydro-pyrrolo-[3,4-c]pyrazol-5-ium chloride and cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate. The cation has a crystallographically imposed centre of symmetry. In the crystal, the ions and water mol-ecules are linked via O-H⋯N, N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional network.

The title compound, C22H25NO5, was prepared by CAN [cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate] oxidation of the corresponding β-lactam. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 13.3 (4)° and the C-N-C(=O)-C torsion angle is 176.1 (6)°. In the crystal, amide-C(4) N-H⋯O and reinforcing C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into infinite [010] chains. Further C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds cross-link the chains...

Facile, one-step synthesis of self-assembling, cationic block copolymers of poly(2-N-(dimethylaminoethyl) methacrylate) (pDMAEMA) and PEO-PPO-PEO (Pluronic®) is developed. The copolymers are obtained via free-radical polymerization of DMAEMA initiated by Pluronic-radicals generated by cerium (IV). The copolymers possess surface activity, are polycationic at pH<7.1, and self-assemble into micell...

Ce(2)(SO(4))(3)(H(2)O)(4) was obtained hydro-thermally from an aqueous solution of cerium(III) oxide, trimethyl-amine and sulfuric acid. The precision of the structure determination has been significantly improved compared with the previous result [Dereigne (1972 ▶). Bull. Soc. Fr. Mineral. Cristallogr.95, 269-280]. The coordination about the two Ce atoms is achieved by seven and six bridging O...