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Role of Vacancies, Light Elements and Rare-Earth Metals Doping in CeO2

Role of Vacancies, Light Elements and Rare-Earth Metals Doping in CeO2

H Shi, T Hussain, R Ahuja, T W Kang, W Luo

Sci Rep. 2016 Aug 24;6:31345.

PMID: 27554285

Abstract:

The magnetic properties and electronic structures of pure, doped and defective cerium oxide (CeO2) have been studied theoretically by means of ab initio calculations based on the density function theory (DFT) with the hybrid HF/DFT technique named PBE0. Carbon (C), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), sulphur (S), lanthanum (La) and praseodymium (Pr) doped in CeO2 and CeO2 containing oxygen vacancies (Ov) were considered. Our spin-polarized calculations show that C, N, Pr dopants and Ov defects magnetize the non-magnetic CeO2 in different degree. The optical band gap related to photocatalysis for pure CeO2, corresponding to the ultraviolet region, is reduced obviously by C, N, S, Pr impurities and oxygen vacancies, shifting to the visible region and even further to the infrared range. Especially, N-, S- and Pr-doped CeO2 could be used to photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production. As the concentration of Ov increasing up to 5%, the CeO2 exhibits a half-metallic properties.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP130071475	Cerium oxide, praseodymium doped		130071-47-5	Price

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