Preparation of mesoporous cerium oxide templated by tri-block copolymer for solid oxide fuel cell

I. M. Hung, H. P. Wang, W. H. Lai, K. Z. Fung, M. H. Hon

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Abstract

Mesoporous structured CeO2 with high specific surface area was synthesized at ambient temperature in this study. The synthesis of this material was accomplished using a tri-block copolymer as the organic supermolecular template and the cerium nitrate hexahydrate as the inorganic precursor. X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption and desorption isotherms and transmission electron microscopy have been used to characterize the mesoporous structure. The nitrogen adsorption and desorption isotherms analysis indicates that the average pore size is 3.5 and 3.4nm and the specific surface area is 155 and 103 m2/g for the samples calcined at 523 and 723 K, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)745-748
Number of pages4
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume50
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004 Nov 30

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Electrochemistry

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