Nano-sized particles of ceria with high surface area were processed by solution combustion synthesis (SCS) and their catalytic activity towards combustion of carbonaceous materials was compared with that obtained by simple thermal decomposition of cerium nitrate, exhibiting the same specific surface area. These two kinds of ceria powders were tested, by DTA and temperature programmed combustion...

Three CuO/CeO2 catalyst with different morphologies of ceria, namely nanospheres, nanorods and nanocubes, were synthesized and used to catalyze the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. The reactivity tests showed that the Cu supported on the ceria nanospheres exhibited both the highest activity and superior stability when compared with the nanocube and nanorod ceria catalysts. Operando X-ray diffrac...

In this study, nano-structure ceria with three different morphologies (nanorod, nanoparticle and flake) have been prepared by hydrothermal and solvothermal methods. The ceria samples were deeply characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, H2-TPR, XPS and in-situ DRIFTS, and tested for soot combustion in absence/presence NO atmospheres under loose and tight contact conditions. The prepared ceria samples exh...

Surface reduction of ceria nano octahedra with predominant {111} and {100} type surfaces is studied using a combination of aberration-corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and spatially resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) at high energy resolution and atomic spatial resolution. The valency of cerium ions at the surface of the nanoparticles is mapped using the fine struc...

Nanocomposite systems of ceria nanoparticles and Double Walled Carbon Nanotubes (DWNTs) coated with nano-ceria (n-CeO2) were elaborated using a classical sol gel method. Three samples noted as [n-CeO2 + xDWNTs] with variable weight fractions x=0, 5 and 15wt.% of DWNTs were obtained. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The electrical conductivity of [n-Ce...

A porous composite of cerium oxide and gama aluminum oxide pigments were prepared via sol-gel processing controlled within reverse micelles of nonionic surfactant Triton X-114 in cyclohexane. The precursor in heated at several calcinations temperature between 823 to 1123K. This process includes three steps. In the first step of preparation the ceria sol was prepared. In the second step, cyclohe...