TY - JOUR
AU - Stroppa, Daniel G.
AU - Dalmaschio, Cleocir J.
AU - Houben, Lothar
AU - Barthel, Juri
AU - Montoro, Luciano A.
AU - Leite, Edson R.
AU - Ramirez, Antonio J.
TI - Analysis of Dopant Atom Distribution and Quantification of Oxygen Vacancies on Individual Gd-Doped CeO 2 Nanocrystals
JO - Chemistry - a European journal
VL - 20
IS - 21
SN - 0947-6539
CY - Weinheim
PB - Wiley-VCH
M1 - FZJ-2015-04062
SP - 6288 - 6293
PY - 2014
AB - This work reports the analysis of the distribution of Gd atoms and the quantification of O vacancies applied to individual CeO2 and Gd-doped CeO2 nanocrystals by electron energy-loss spectroscopy. The concentration of O vacancies measured on the undoped system (6.3±2.6 %) matches the expected value given the typical Ce3+ content previously reported for CeO2 nanoparticles. The doped nanoparticles have an uneven distribution of dopant atoms and an atypical amount of O vacant sites (37.7±4.1 %). The measured decrease of the O content induced by Gd doping cannot be explained solely by the charge balance including Ce3+ and Gd3+ ions.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000335773800014
DO - DOI:10.1002/chem.201400412
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/201768
ER -