Autonomous self-optimizing defects by refining energy levels through hydrogenation in CeO<sub>2–<i>x</i></sub> polymorphism: a walking mobility of oxygen vacancy with enhanced adsorption capabilities and photocatalytic stability-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Autonomous self-optimizing defects by refining energy levels through hydrogenation in CeO_2–x polymorphism: a walking mobility of oxygen vacancy with enhanced adsorption capabilities and photocatalytic stability

Published:2022 Issue:12 Volume:46 Page:5869-5880
ISSN:1144-0546
Container-title:New Journal of Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:New J. Chem.

Author:

Verma Ranjana¹,Singh Jay²^ORCID,Samdarshi Sanjoy Kumar³,Srivastava Anchal¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

2. Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

3. Centre for Energy Engineering and Centre of Excellence in Green and Efficient Energy Technology (CoE-GEET), Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Abstract

The proposed work on ceria photocatalyst shows facile reactivity of oxygen anions with hydrogen molecules, turning inefficient highly disordered CeO2−x into optimized disordered H-CeO2−x which sustains optimized oxygen vacancies and Ce3+ defects.

Funder

University Grants Commission

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Materials Chemistry,General Chemistry,Catalysis

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/NJ/D2NJ00057A

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