Structural, morphological and photoluminescence characteristics of sol-gel derived nano phase CeO2 films deposited using citric acid

Photoluminescence enhancement induced by nanoparticles from La2O3 and CeO2 doped diamond-like carbon films

“…The obvious increase of relative PL intensity of La 2 O 3 and CeO 2 doped DLC films is partially attributed to the change of concentration of sp 2 and sp 3 , fraction of sp 2 /sp 3 and sizes of sp 2 and sp 3 clusters [30]. Furthermore, the La 2 O 3 nanoparticles [45,46] and coatings [47] can increase the PL intensity, and CeO 2 powers [48,49], nanoparticles [50] and nanostructured CeO 2 [51] films and CeO 2 films [52,53] can also enhance the PL property. As nanoparticles consisting of La 2 O 3 , CeO 2 and amorphous DLC structure form on the surface of deposited nanothickness films, the united actions of nanoparticles and films of La 2 O 3 , CeO 2 , and amorphous DLC structure make the PL intensity obviously increase.…”

Investigation of size dependency on lattice strain of nanoceria particles synthesised by wet chemical methods

“…Synthesis techniques include solution-based techniques such as coprecipitation [9,10], hydrothermal [11], micro-emulsion [12], sol-gel [13,14], solution combustion, electrochemical methods and solid-based techniques such as mechanochemical method, chemical vapour deposition [15] and sputtering [16]. The present work emphasises the effect of synthesis conditions on the crystallite size, lattice parameter and lattice strain on ceria nanoparticles.…”

Fabrication of cerium oxide nanoparticles: Characterization and optical properties

“…A variety of methods have been applied to fabricate ceria nanoparticles such as hydrothermal synthesis [18,[44][45][46], reversed micelles route [47], coprecipitation [16,4,48], forced hydrolysis [49], an electrochemical method [50], solvothermal synthesis [51], sol-gel process [52,53], pyrolysis [54], sonochemical [55,56], and microwave [57][58][59].…”