Enhanced oxygen storage capacity of cation-ordered cerium–zirconium oxide induced by titanium substitution

Cation-ordered Ce0.5Zr0.4Ti0.1O2 with a high oxygen storage capacity (1310 μmol-O per g at 200 °C) was synthesized via a solution combustion method.

Synthesis of Ceria Zirconia Oxides using Solvothermal Treatment

Ceria oxide (CeO2) is widely used as catalyst with high oxygen storage capacity at low temperature. The addition of zirconia oxide (ZrO2) to CeO2 can enhance oxygen storage capacity as well as thermal stability. In this work, ceria zirconia oxides has been synthesized via a low temperature solvothermal treatment in order to produce ceria zirconia oxides composite with high oxygen storage capacity as electrolyte of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). Under solvothermal conditions, solvent may control the direction of crystal growth, morphology, particle size and size distribution, because of the controllability of thermodynamics and transport properties by pressure and temperature. Water, mixed of water and ethanol (70/30 vol/vol), and mixed of water and ethylene glycol (70/30 vol/vol) were used as solvent, while Ce(NO3)3 and ZrO(NO3)2 with 0.06 M concentration were used as precursor. The experiments were conducted at temperature of 150 °C and pressure for 2 h in a Teflon-lined autoclave of 100 mL volume. The synthesized products were dried at 60 °C for 6 and 12 h and then calcined at 900 °C for 6 h. The particle products were characterized using SEM, XRD, TG/DTA, and Potentiostat. The results showed that the morphology of particles formed were affected by the solvent. Solid plate shaped particles were produced in water, and tend to be pore with the addition of ethylene glycol. The addition of ethanol decreased the size of particles with sphere shaped. The XRD pattern indicated that ceria-zirconia oxides particles are uniformly distributed in the structure to form a homogeneous solid solution. Based on the electrochemical analysis, ceria zirconia oxides produced via solvothermal synthesis had high conductivity ion of 0.5594 S/cm, which is higher than minimum conductivity ion requirement of 0.01 S/cm for SOFC electrolyte. It indicated that ceria zirconia oxides produced via solvothermal synthesis is suitable for SOFC electrolyte.

Preparation of high oxygen storage capacity and thermally stable ceria–zirconia solid solution

Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 prepared by the complexing–coprecipitation method (CZ-2) exhibits higher oxygen storage capacity (OSC) and thermal stability than that prepared by coprecipitation (CZ-1) or the complexing–coprecipitation-solution (CZ-3) method. After being aged at 1100 °C for 6 h, CZ-2a exhibited the highest OSC and catalytic activity.

Pt/porous nanorods of ceria as efficient high temperature catalysts with remarkable catalytic stability for carbon dioxide reforming of methane

Pt/porous nanorods of CeO2 with a large surface area, a high oxygen storage capacity and a remarkable thermal stability exhibit high catalytic activity and stability for the carbon dioxide reforming of methane reaction at 800 °C.