Fundamentals and Catalytic Applications of CeO2-Based Materials

T Montini, M Melchionna, M Monai… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cerium dioxide (CeO2, ceria) is becoming an ubiquitous constituent in catalytic systems for
a variety of applications. 2016 sees the 40th anniversary since ceria was first employed by …

Surface point defects on bulk oxides: atomically-resolved scanning probe microscopy

M Setvín, M Wagner, M Schmid, GS Parkinson… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal oxides are abundant in nature and they are some of the most versatile materials for
applications ranging from catalysis to novel electronics. The physical and chemical …

Toward a Consistent Prediction of Defect Chemistry in CeO2

X Zhang, L Zhu, Q Hou, J Guan, Y Lu… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polarizable shell-model potentials are widely used for atomic-scale modeling of charged
defects in solids using the Mott–Littleton approach and hybrid Quantum …

O2 Activation on Ceria Catalysts—The Importance of Substrate Crystallographic Orientation

C Yang, X Yu, S Heißler, PG Weidler… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An atomic‐level understanding of dioxygen activation on metal oxides remains one of the
major challenges in heterogeneous catalysis. By performing a thorough surface‐science …

Fluoride-capped nanoceria as a highly efficient oxidase-mimicking nanozyme: inhibiting product adsorption and increasing oxygen vacancies

Y Zhao, Y Wang, A Mathur, Y Wang, V Maheshwari… - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanozymes aim to mimic enzyme activities using nanomaterials. Nanoceria (CeO2
nanoparticles) is an important model nanozyme for its rich redox chemistry. In particular, its …

Advances in cerium dioxide nanomaterials: Synthesis strategies, property modulation, and multifunctional applications

Y Xu, Y Zhou, Y Li, Y Liu, Z Ding - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cerium dioxide nanomaterials, have attracted immense research interest due to their unique
properties and diverse applications. This comprehensive review summarizes the recent …

Synergistic fluoride adsorption by composite adsorbents synthesized from different types of materials—A review

Y Wei, L Wang, H Li, W Yan, J Feng - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The reduction of fluoride concentrations in water is one of many concerns. Adsorption is the
most widely used technology for fluoride removal and the center to development of …

Dynamic control and quantification of active sites on ceria for CO activation and hydrogenation

W Shao, Y Zhang, Z Zhou, N Li, F Jiao, Y Ling… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ceria (CeO2) is a widely used oxide catalyst, yet the nature of its active sites remains
elusive. This study combines model and powder catalyst studies to elucidate the structure …

Oxygen-Vacancy Dynamics and Entanglement with Polaron Hop** at the Reduced Surface

D Zhang, ZK Han, GE Murgida… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The migration of oxygen vacancies (VO) in ceria-based systems is crucial to their
functionality in applications. Yet, although the VO's structure and the distribution of the Ce 3+ …

Clustering of Oxygen Vacancies at : Critical Role of Hydroxyls

XP Wu, XQ Gong - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
By performing density functional theory calculations corrected by an on site Coulomb
interaction, we find that the defects at the CeO 2 (111) surface observed by the scanning …