RT journal article
T1 Band gap engineering of ceria nanostructures by incorporating nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ligands
A1 Puerto Jiménez, María
A1 Goma Jiménez, Daniel
A1 Aguinaco Martín, Almudena
A1 López Maya, Elena
A1 Álvarez, Mayra G.
A1 Pintado Caña, José María
A1 Blanco Montilla, Ginesa
A1 Bogeat-Barroso, Adrián
A2 Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica
A2 Física de la Materia Condensada
K1 Ceria
K1 1,10-Phenanthroline
K1 Complex
K1 Nanocubes
K1 Optical properties
AB A novel facile method to prepare ceria nanocrystals with well-defined cubic morphology and enhanced optical properties is herein disclosed. Both the decrease in the band gap and the appearance of absorption edges above 400 nm, which redound in a significant absorption of visible light, are accomplished by simply incorporating in situ different amounts of a typical chelating bidentate ligand, 1,10-phenanthroline, during the synthesis of these ceria nanocubes. Such a remarkable effect has been tentatively connected with the ability of this nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound to coordinate Ce3+ cations from the ceria precursor salt, thus yielding intermediate N 2p states along the band gap of the oxide.
PB Elsevier
SN 1387-7003
YR 2024
FD 2024-04-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31733
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31733
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 07-nov-2026