@Article{FranchiniLlorKuznSilv:2020:ImHiDi,
               author = "Franchini, Carlos A. and Llorca, Jordi and Kuznetsov, Alexei and 
                         Silva, Adriana Maria da",
          affiliation = "{Universitat Polit{\`e}cnica de Catalunya} and {Universitat 
                         Polit{\`e}cnica de Catalunya} and Instituto Nacional de 
                         Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia (INMETRO) and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Outstanding dispersion of CeO2 on reduced graphene oxide. 
                         Implications for highly dispersed Pd catalysts",
              journal = "Diamond and Related Materials",
                 year = "2020",
               volume = "109",
                pages = "e108061",
                month = "Nov.",
             keywords = "Pd sub-nanometer dispersion, Reduced graphene oxide (rGO), 
                         Nanosized, CeO2 rGO-CeO2 and Pd-CeO2 interactions.",
             abstract = "In this contribution, we report a totally new and an unprecedented 
                         capability of producing nano-CeO2 evenly dispersed over reduced 
                         graphene oxide (rGO), enabling an extremely high dispersion of Pd 
                         at high loading (~5%wt) in the catalyst, in one-step hydrothermal 
                         synthesis. Morphology and thermal stability of the synthesized 
                         Pd/CeO2-rGO system are compared with Pd/rGO counterpart. 
                         High-resolution transmission microscopy studies of synthesized 
                         samples combined with X-ray diffraction, Raman and thermal 
                         analyses showed the formation of sub-nanometer Pd clusters on 
                         nano-CeO2 dispersed over reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Notably, 
                         rGO had a decisive role over the stabilization of CeO2 as 
                         nano-structures, leading to the outstanding Pd dispersion on this 
                         catalyst.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.diamond.2020.108061",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2020.108061",
                 issn = "0925-9635",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "franchini_outstanding.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "26 abr. 2024"
}