Metal oxide hollow structures are of great inter- est in many current and emerging areas of technology. This paper presents a facile and controlled protocol for the syn- thesis of Al-doped CeO2 hollow-shell spheres （...Metal oxide hollow structures are of great inter- est in many current and emerging areas of technology. This paper presents a facile and controlled protocol for the syn- thesis of Al-doped CeO2 hollow-shell spheres （CHS）, where the dopant confers enhanced stability and activity to the ma- terial. These Al-doped CeO2 hollow-shell spheres （ACHS） possess a controllable shell number of up to three, where the sizes of the exterior, middle, and interior spheres were about 250-100 nm,150-50 nm, and 40-10 nm, respectively, and the average shell thickness was -15 nm. The thermal stability of the ACHS structure was enhanced by the homogeneous in- corporation of AI atoms, and more active oxygen species were present compared with those in the non-doped congener. Au NPs supported on ACHS （Au/ACHS） showed superior cat- alytic performance for the reduction of p-nitrophenol. For the same Au NP content, the reaction rate constant （k） of the Au/ACHS was nearly twice that of the non-doped Au/CHS, indicating that AI doping is promising for improving the per- formance of inert or unstable oxides as catalyst supports.展开更多
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文摘Metal oxide hollow structures are of great inter- est in many current and emerging areas of technology. This paper presents a facile and controlled protocol for the syn- thesis of Al-doped CeO2 hollow-shell spheres （CHS）, where the dopant confers enhanced stability and activity to the ma- terial. These Al-doped CeO2 hollow-shell spheres （ACHS） possess a controllable shell number of up to three, where the sizes of the exterior, middle, and interior spheres were about 250-100 nm,150-50 nm, and 40-10 nm, respectively, and the average shell thickness was -15 nm. The thermal stability of the ACHS structure was enhanced by the homogeneous in- corporation of AI atoms, and more active oxygen species were present compared with those in the non-doped congener. Au NPs supported on ACHS （Au/ACHS） showed superior cat- alytic performance for the reduction of p-nitrophenol. For the same Au NP content, the reaction rate constant （k） of the Au/ACHS was nearly twice that of the non-doped Au/CHS, indicating that AI doping is promising for improving the per- formance of inert or unstable oxides as catalyst supports.
