Abstract
Metal oxide hollow structures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of technology. This paper presents a facile and controlled protocol for the synthesis of Al-doped CeO2 hollow-shell spheres (CHS), where the dopant confers enhanced stability and activity to the material. These Al-doped CeO2 hollow-shell spheres (ACHS) possess a controllable shell number of up to three, where the sizes of the exterior, middle, and interior spheres were about 250‒100 nm,150‒50 nm, and 40‒10 nm, respectively, and the average shell thickness was ~15 nm. The thermal stability of the ACHS structure was enhanced by the homogeneous incorporation of Al atoms, andmore active oxygen species were present compared with those in the non-doped congener. Au NPs supported on ACHS (Au/ACHS) showed superior catalytic performance for the reduction of p-nitrophenol. For the same Au NP content, the reaction rate constant (k) of the Au/ACHS was nearly twice that of the non-doped Au/CHS, indicating that Al doping is promising for improving the performance of inert or unstable oxides as catalyst supports.
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