Abstract
We have constructed a spray dryer to synthesize doped ceria nanoparticles. The system was employed to synthesize mixed oxide nanoparticles of praseodymium doped CeO 2 (Ce 0.97Pr 0.03O 2, Ce 0.90Pr 0.10O 2, and Ce 0.80Pr 0.20O 2). X-ray diffraction confirmed the fluorite-like cubic crystal structure of the synthesized materials after heat treatment at 700 °C for 2 h. As-dried CeO 2 samples were found to have an average particle size of (6.0 ± 0.2) nm which increased to (17.0 ± 0.4) nm after heat treatment with an improvement in crystallinity. The particle size increased steadily with Pr content. The lattice parameter of Pr-doped CeO 2 was found to increase or decrease with Pr content depending on the heat treatment process.
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