This work studies the electrodeposition of zinc and cerium species on carbon steel substrates from choline chloride-based ionic liquid bath in order to develop a protective coating with anti-corrosion, sacrificial, and self-repairing properties. Hull...
Release of nanoceria (nCeO2) into the environment has caused much concern about its potential toxicity, which still remains poorly understood for soil microorganisms. In this study, nanoceria and cerium (III) nitrate at different doses (10, 100 and 5...
As one of the most widely used nanomaterials, CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs) might be released into the aquatic environment. In this paper, the interaction of CeO2 NPs and Ce3+ ions (0~10 mg/L) with duckweed (Lemna minor L.) was investigated. CeO2 NPs sign...
This study investigated the effect of the remote activation of the ion exchangers Amberlite IR120 (H+ form) and AV-17-8 (OH− form) in aqueous media to increase the sorption activity of the interpolymer system “Amberlite IR120H:AV-17-8&rdq...
Ceria is one of the most important functional rare-earth oxides with wide industrial applications. Its amazing oxygen storage/release capacity is attributed to cerium’s flexible valence conversion between 4+ and 3+. However, there still exists...
The rare-earth-doped zirconia-based solid electrolytes have gained significant interest in protonic ceramic fuel cell (PCFC) applications due to their high ionic conductivity. However, these solid electrolytes are susceptible to low conductivity and...
Finely dispersed (CeO2)0.95(Sm2O3)0.05, (CeO2)0.90(Sm2O3)0.10 and (CeO2)0.80(Sm2O3)0.20 mesoporous powders with a specific pore volume of 0.080–0.092 cm3/g and a specific surface of 50–83 m2/g are synthesized by the co-precipitation of ce...
A novel highly sensitive voltammetric sensor based on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with a mixture of cerium and tin dioxide nanoparticles (NPs) as a sensing layer was developed. Surfactants of various nature (anionic sodium dodecyl sulfat...
A solid oxide fuel cell is a high-efficiency power device in hydrogen energy utilization. The durability and dynamic performance of metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFCs) are superior to those of electrolyte- or electrode-supported cells,...
In this work, ceramic samples of cerium oxide doped with yttrium were investigated. The concentration of a dopant Y(NO3)3 varied from 5 to 25 wt% in the initial charge. In the course of the experiment, a simple method was developed to obtain ceramics...
The present study focuses on the electrochemical performance of polyethylene oxide (PEO)-polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) blended plasticized nanocomposite solid polymer electrolytes (BPNSPEs) amid cadmium bromide (CdBr2) as a dopant salt along with a...
A hand-held laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy device was used to acquire spectral emission data from laser-induced plasmas created on the surface of cerium-gallium alloy samples with Ga concentrations ranging from 0–3 weight percent. Ionic a...
Metal oxide nanoparticles (MONP/s) induce DNA damage, which is influenced by their physicochemical properties. In this study, the high-throughput CometChip and micronucleus (MicroFlow) assays were used to investigate DNA and chromosomal damage in mou...
Cerium oxide nanopowder (CeOx) was prepared using the sol–gel method for the catalytic oxidation of N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF). The phase, specific surface area, morphology, ionic states, and redox properties of the obtained nanocatalyst were...
Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework 67 (ZIF-67) and its derivates have attracted extensive interest for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Here, Cerium-doped cobalt phosphide@nitrogen-doped carbon (Ce-doped CoP@NC) with hollow polyhedron structure materials we...
4-Acylpyrazolones are important ligands in analytical chemistry and technologies used for the separation and concentration of various metals. We have proposed a novel method for obtaining a material that consists of covalently immobilized functionali...
Hydrogen peroxide acts as a byproduct of oxidative metabolism, and oxidative stress caused by its excess amount, causes different types of cancer. Thus, fast and cost-friendly analytical methods need to be developed for H2O2. Ionic liquid (IL)-coated...
Supercapacitors based on mixed metal oxides are being developed as potential devices for large-scale energy storage applications with physical flexibility, thanks to their low cost and good electrochemical performance. This work demonstrates a novel...
Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is a ceramic material composing the inorganic portion of bones. Ionic substitutions enhance characteristics of HAp, for example, calcium ions (Ca2+) by cerium ions (Ce3+). The use of HAp is potentialized through biopolymers, cash...
Cerium oxide (CeO2) nanozymes, also known as nanoceria have emerged as a versatile class of catalytic nanomaterials capable of mimicking key redox enzymes, including oxidases and peroxidases. Their tunable Ce3+/Ce4+ redox cycling, high density of oxy...
Supramolecular systems based on transition metal complexes capable of reversible redox isomerization due to intramolecular electron transfer are one of the most interesting objects from the viewpoint of molecular switches’ design. In the presen...