The presence and release of nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment have important implications for human health and the environment. A critical aspect of the risk assessment of nanoparticles is to understand the interactions of manufactured nanoparticles with plants. In this study, the uptake and distribution characteristics of two types of ceria nanoparticles with sizes of ca. 7 nm and 25 nm...

We report here on the high activity and stability of low-content gold–cerium oxide catalysts for the water–gas shift reaction (WGS). These catalysts are reversible in cyclic reduction–oxidation treatment up to 400 8C, are non-pyrophoric, and are thus potential candidates for application to hydrogen generation for fuel cell power production. Low-content (0.2–0.9 at.%) gold–ceria samples were pre...

The effect of adding oxide promoters, at monolayer coverages, to Pd/ceria catalysts was studied for the watergas-shift reaction in 25 torr each of H2O and CO under differential conditions. Oxides of Fe, Tb, Gd, Y, Sn, Sm, Pr, Eu, Bi, Cr, V, Pb, and Mo were added to ceria by wet impregnation of aqueous salts and calcined to 873 K prior to addition of 1 wt% Pd. While most of the oxides had a negl...

The effect of the surface state on electrochemical performance nickel gadolinium-doped ceria (NiGDC) cermet electrodes in direct CO2 electrolysis was studied by operando near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy combined with on-line gas phase and electrical measurements. limited at overpotentials below carbon deposition threshold to avoid irreversible cathode deactivation. results...