Mak, Chun Chung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-85). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.iv / DECLARATION --- p.vi / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.vii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.ix / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter One: --- Overview --- p.1 / Introduction to Cerium Oxide --- p.1 / Defects --- p.2 / Effect of dopants --- p.5 / Nano-structures of ceria --- p.8 / Loading metals in ceria supports --- p.10 / Summary --- p.11 / Scope of work --- p.12 / References --- p.14 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Synthesis of Ceria Nano-feathers / Introduction --- p.17 / Experimental Section (Preparation of nano feathers) --- p.19 / Experimental Section (Preparation of conventional ceria spheres) --- p.19 / Experimental Section (Encapsulation the feather with gold) --- p.19 / Experimental Section (Instrumentation) --- p.20 / Results and Discussion (XRD) --- p.22 / Results and Discussion (SEM) --- p.23 / Results and Discussion (TEM) --- p.24 / Formation Mechanism --- p.30 / Results and Discussion (Nano-beam diffraction) --- p.33 / Results and Discussion (HREM) --- p.35 / Results and Discussion (TEM of gold encapsulated ceria) --- p.36 / Results and Discussion (XPS) --- p.39 / Summary --- p.41 / References --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Preparation of Homogenous Cerium Mixed Oxide Nano-feathers --- p.43 / Introduction --- p.43 / Experimental Section (Preparation of nano-feathers) --- p.44 / Experimental Section (Instrumentation) --- p.45 / Results and Discussion (XRD) --- p.47 / Results and Discussion (XPS) --- p.49 / Results and Discussion (TEM and EELS) --- p.56 / Summary --- p.64 / References --- p.64 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Engineering Ceria Nano-feathers with Noble Metals: A Sono-chemistry approach --- p.66 / Introduction --- p.66 / Experimental Section (Sample Preparation) --- p.68 / Experimental Section (Instrumentation) --- p.69 / Results and Discussion (XRD) --- p.70 / Results and Discussion (XPS) --- p.71 / Results and Discussion (TEM and HREM) --- p.76 / Summary --- p.82 / References --- p.84 / Conclusions --- p.86
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325990 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Mak, Chun Chung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xviii, 87 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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