EFFECT OF REACTION TEMPERATURE ON SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CERIUM OXIDE (CeO2) NANO PARTICLES VIA MODIFIED CO-PRECIPITATION METHOD
| Author(s) | : | M.Ramachandran, R.Subadevi, M.Sivakumar, M.Ramachandran, M.Shanthi |
| Institution | : | 120, Energy Materials Lab, Department of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630003. Tamil Nadu, India. |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 17 — January 2017 |
| Page No. | : | - |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Cerium oxide (CeO2) is a technologically important rare earth material because of its keen properties for variousengineering and electrochemical applications. In this attempt, CeO2 filler samples were synthesized from a cerium nitratesolution and Poly vinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) as surfactant by modified co-precipitation method as a function of reactiontemperatures such as 400, 500, 600 and 700°C. The products were characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX analyses. XRDpatterns confirmed the formation of cubic CeO2 with crystallite size of 11 to 55nm (JCPDS.no: 81-0792). FESEM imagesconfirmed the presence of fine spherical particles with nano tube like morphology. The presence of Ce and O were confirmedthrough EDX analysis. The representative sample was characterized by Photoluminescence study. The band gap of the CeO2nanoparticle was estimated as 3.67 eV. The optimized sample has been used as filler in the Lithium polymer batteryfabrication.
M.Ramachandran, R.Subadevi, M.Sivakumar, M.Ramachandran, M.Shanthi, “EFFECT OF REACTION TEMPERATURE ON SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CERIUM OXIDE (CeO2) NANO PARTICLES VIA MODIFIED CO-PRECIPITATION METHOD”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 17, pp. -, January 2017.
