A review of defect structure and chemistry in ceria and its solid solutions

R Schmitt, A Nenning, O Kraynis, R Korobko… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Ceria and its solid solutions play a vital role in several industrial processes and devices.
These include solar energy-to-fuel conversion, solid oxide fuel and electrolyzer cells …

A CeO2 Semiconductor as a Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Material for the Remediation of Pollutants in Industrial Wastewater: A Review

E Kusmierek - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
The direct discharge of industrial wastewater into the environment results in serious
contamination. Photocatalytic treatment with the application of sunlight and its enhancement …

Identifying the ground state structures of point defects in solids

I Mosquera-Lois, SR Kavanagh, A Walsh… - npj Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
Point defects are a universal feature of crystals. Their identification is addressed by
combining experimental measurements with theoretical models. The standard modelling …

Oxygen defects and surface chemistry of ceria: quantum chemical studies compared to experiment

J Paier, C Penschke, J Sauer - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
As one of the most significant rare earth oxides, ceria (CeO 2) has attracted much interest
over the past decades. In catalysis, 1, 2 CeO2 serves as a widely used support material and …

Nanostructured ceria-based materials: synthesis, properties, and applications

C Sun, H Li, L Chen - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The controllable synthesis of nanostructured CeO2-based materials is an imperative issue
for environment-and energy-related applications. In this review, we present the recent …

Engineering stepped edge surface structures of MoS 2 sheet stacks to accelerate the hydrogen evolution reaction

J Hu, B Huang, C Zhang, Z Wang, Y An… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional molybdenum sulfide is an attractive noble-metal-free electrocatalyst for the
hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Significant efforts have been made to increase the …

Ceria and its defect structure: new insights from a combined spectroscopic approach

A Filtschew, K Hofmann, C Hess - The Journal of Physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Ceria is an interesting component for a variety of catalytic and fuel cell applications. In the
study described here, ten different commercial ceria samples as well as synthesized ceria …

Recent progress in the development of semiconductor‐based photocatalyst materials for applications in photocatalytic water splitting and degradation of pollutants

F Opoku, KK Govender… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic approaches in the visible region show promising potential in photocatalytic
water splitting and water treatment to boost water purification efficiency. For this reason …

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 …

Understanding the ionic conductivity maximum in doped ceria: trapping and blocking

J Koettgen, S Grieshammer, P Hein… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Materials with high oxygen ion conductivity and low electronic conductivity are required for
electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and high-temperature electrolysis (SOEC). A …