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Correlation of urea precipitation temperature with phase formation, morphology, and catalytic activity for CO2 conversion of CeO2
(2025-08-01)
Seeharaj, Panpailin
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Duangtanon, Jenjira
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Sreemueang, Chanakan
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Noppharat, Phetchphalin
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Kulthananat, Tachatad
This study proposes a simple method for tailoring the morphology and activity of cerium oxide (CeO<inf>2</inf>) catalysts in converting carbon dioxide (CO<inf>2</inf>) and methanol to green organic carbonate, dimethyl carbonate (DMC), to utilize and reduce CO<inf>2</inf> emissions. CeO<inf>2</inf> was prepared by urea precipitation at 85, 105, and 125 °C for 2 h, then calcining at 600 °C for 2 h. The phase structure and morphology of CeO<inf>2</inf> correlated with the urea hydrolysis rate. A low degree of supersaturation at 85 °C led to heterogeneous precipitation of cerium oxycarbonate (Ce<inf>2</inf>O(CO<inf>3</inf>)<inf>2</inf>.H<inf>2</inf>O) and CeO<inf>2</inf> with spherical morphology, while a higher degree of supersaturation at 105 °C and 125 °C resulted in homogeneous precipitation of single-phase Ce<inf>2</inf>O(CO<inf>3</inf>)<inf>2</inf>.H<inf>2</inf>O with spindle and elongated octahedral morphology, respectively. The spindle-shaped CeO<inf>2</inf> prepared at 105 °C with a predominant surface (111) facet showed the highest catalytic activity, with a DMC yield of 18.81 mmol.g<inf>cat</inf>−1. The enhanced catalytic efficiency of spindle-shaped CeO<inf>2</inf> was due to the high concentration of surface-active defect sites of exposed cerium cations and oxygen vacancies, which optimized the number of acid–base sites in adsorbing and activating CO<inf>2</inf> and methanol to produce DMC.
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Highly Efficient CeO2–CuCrO2 Composite Nanofibers Used for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine in Biomedical Applications
(2023-08-01)
Lei, Heng Jyun
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Su, Homg Ming
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Vasu, Dhanapal
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You, Yu Feng
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Chiu, Te Wei
Dopamine (DA) plays a crucial role in the functioning of the human central nervous system, participating in both physiological and psychological processes. It is an important research topic in biomedical science. However, we need to constantly monitor the concentration of dopamine in the body, and the sensors required for this usually require good sensitivity in order to achieve fast and accurate measurements. In this research project, a CeO<inf>2</inf> and CuCrO<inf>2</inf> composite nanofiber was prepared for the electrochemical detection of dopamine. Coaxial electrospinning techniques were used to prepare CeO<inf>2</inf>–CuCrO<inf>2</inf> composite nanofibers. The characterization techniques of X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Raman, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to analyze the composite’s crystal structure, vibrational bonds, and elemental composition, while SEM and TEM were used to analyze the composite’s surface structure, morphology, and microstructure. The prepared nanofiber outer layer was found to have an average thickness of 70.96 nm, average fiber diameter of 192.49 nm, and an average grain size of about ~12.5 nm. The BET analysis was applied to obtain the specific surface area (25.03 m2/gm). The proposed nanofiber-decorated disposable screen-printed carbon electrode acted as a better electrochemical sensor for the detection of dopamine. Moreover, the electrocatalyst had a better limit of detection, 36 nM with a linear range of 10 to 100 μM, and its sensitivity was 6.731 μA μM−1 cm−2. In addition, the proposed electrocatalyst was successfully applied to real-time potential applications, namely, to the analysis of human urine samples in order to obtain better recovery results.
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Fe-doped effects on phase transition and electronic structure of CeO2 under compressed conditions from ab initio calculations
(2021-10-01)
Sathupun, Karnchana
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Kotmool, Komsilp
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Tsuppayakorn-aek, Prutthipong
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Pluengphon, Prayoonsak
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Majumdar, Arnab
Ab initio study of high-pressure phase transition and electronic structure of Fe-doped CeO<inf>2</inf> with Fe concentrations of 3.125, 6.25, and 12.5 at% has been reported. At a constant-pressure consideration, the lattice constants and the volume of the supercell were decreased with an increasing concentration of Fe. The average bond length of Fe–O is lower than that of Ce–O. As a result, Fe doping induces the reduced volume of the cell, which is in good agreement with previous experiments. At high pressure (~ 30 GPa), it was found that the transition pressure from the fluorite to the cotunnite orthorhombic phase decreases at a higher concentration of Fe, indicating that the formation energy of the compound is induced by Fe-doping. Furthermore, compression leads to interesting electronic properties too. Under higher pressures, the bandgap increases in the cubic structure under compression and then suddenly plummets after the transition to the orthorhombic phase. The 3d states of Fe mainly induced the impurity states in the bandgap. In both the undoped and Fe-doped systems, the bandgap increased in the cubic phase at high pressure, while the gap and p-d hybridization decrease in the orthorhombic phase.

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