Microstructure modification and oxygen mobility of CeZrO nanocrystal doped with y and Fe metals

CeZrO-nanocrystals doped with Y3+ and Fe2+ have been successfully synthesized using the microemulsion method. In this study, the synergetic effect of the synthesis parameters on the formation of structure and catalytic property were reported. XRD analysis found that both doped samples reveal the symmetrical cubic phase and mix in a homogeneous solid solution. The crystallite size of both samples was in nanoscale, which were 11 and 15 nm for CZF and CZY, respectively. This finding was consistent with the physical size investigated by TEM, which was approximately 10 nm for both samples. Meanwhile, isotherm profiles for both samples appeared as the type IV group in the IUPAC classification which was the mesoporous materials. CZY crystal had higher BET surface area than CZF crystal, which was 141.30 and 135.5 m/g, respectively. Oxygen mobility study found that CZF crystal promotes to active at lower temperature, which is 274.2°C, than CZY at 302.7°C. CZF crystal also revealed the higher oxygen removal, which was 286.35 mmol/g, than CZY was 250.49 mmol/g. The doping of transition metal, Fe into CeZrO tended to reduce the oxygen mobility's activation temperature, while the addition of rare earth metal, Y into CeZrO leaded to remarkable increase of surface area.