“…[24] The IR bands at 1624À1629 cm ¡1 (1629 cm ¡1 for ZrCe-0, 1624 cm ¡1 for ZrCe-0.25 and ZrEuCe-1 and 1625 cm ¡1 for the rest of the samples (ZrCe-0.5, ZrCe-1 and ZrCe-2) could be assigned to ÀHOH bending and ÀOOH stretching vibrations due to adsorbed water on ceria surface. [25,26] The broad absorption bands observed in the range of 3388À3406 cm ¡1 (3406, 3388, 3392, 3400, 3406 and 3406 cm ¡1 for the samples ZrCe-0, ZrCe-0.25, ZrCe-0.5, ZrCe-1, ZrCe-2 and ZrEuCe-1, respectively) corresponded to ÀOH stretching vibration of adsorbed/crystallised water. [25,27] There was not much variation in the shape and intensities of the band for the Zr/ ZrÀEu-doped samples when compared to pure ceria.…”