The morphologies and associated atomic structures of ceria catalysts influence their intrinsic activity towards the catalytic production of hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide.

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We report a rapid, room temperature methodology to synthesize fluorite-structured ceria nanoparticles using cerium(iii) salts and ozone in the presence of short chain primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols. This simple technique produced nanoparticles with higher oxygen vacancy compared to that of bulk ceria.

Lithium acetate was reported to accelerate the growth of crystalline ceria nanoparticles in ozone-mediated synthesis through promoting alcohol-like condensation reactions.