Abstract
Ceria has attracted a lot of interest in scientific community due to its several technological uses. During this study, composite hydroxide-mediated method was used to prepare nanocubes of undoped and doped ceria. The prepared materials were characterized using a number of analytical techniques including room temperature powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) theory, and UV–Visible spectroscopy to investigate the structural, morphological, optical and photocatalytic properties. No impurity phases were observed from the XRD revealing face centred cubic (FCC) crystal symmetry of the undoped and doped ceria. The formation of nanocubes was confirmed by SEM. Pore sizes in the range of 24.9–29 mm were revealed by BET analysis. A gradual increase in photodegradation efficiency with an increase in irradiation time was seen for the doped samples compared to undoped ceria, showing suitability for photocatalytic applications. An increase in defect concentrations especially for Sr2+ doped samples indicated by the quantitative analysis of Raman spectra reveals potential for electrolytic applications in fuel cells provided necessary conductivity and long-term performance testing would need to be done.
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