Monodisperse Samarium and Cerium Orthovanadate Nanocrystals and Metal Oxidation States on the Nanocrystal Surface
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- 作者：Thanh-Dinh Nguyen ; Cao-Thang Dinh ; Trong-On Do
- 刊名：Langmuir
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：September 15, 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：25
- 期：18
- 页码：11142-11148
- 全文大小：1056K
- 年卷期：v.25,no.18(September 15, 2009)
- ISSN：1520-5827
文摘
A new solvothermal method has been developed for the synthesis of monodisperse SmVO4 and CeVO4 nanocrystals with controlled size and shape. The obtained materials were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) techniques. The results reveal that uniform nanocrystals and pure tetragonal phase of SmVO4 and CeVO4 can be achieved. To investigate the oxidation states of the metals on the mixed oxide nanocrystal surface, the XPS technique was employed. The results exhibit that only one oxidation state of samarium, cerium, and vanadium for each metal (e.g., Sm3+, Ce3+, V5+) was surprisingly well stable on the particle surface at the nanoscale, even after calcination, while the existence of two oxidation states of these metals is observed (e.g., Sm3+/Sm2+, Ce4+/Ce3+, V5+/V4+) in the corresponding single metal oxide nanocrystals.