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Single-Step Combustion Synthesis of Cerium Aluminate in the Presence of Copper

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Cerium aluminate, CeAlO3, was prepared in the presence of copper in a single-step combustion synthesis without the need for post-synthesis calcination. The prepared material was investigated using x-ray diffraction followed by whole powder pattern decomposition, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy, UV–Vis spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. It was established that if the amount of copper was at least 1 mol.%, the combustion process was enhanced enough to result in the appearance of CeAlO3 as the dominant phase. If the amount of copper was less than 1 mol.%, CeO2 forms instead of CeAlO3. The share of CeAlO3 increases with the amount of copper, but this effect becomes negligible at 3 mol.%. Samples with CeO2 as the main phase display a sponge-like morphology, while samples with CeAlO3 as the main phase are dendritic. CeAlO3 decomposes to CeO2 and γ-Al2O3 between 600 and 800 °C yielding sample mass gain due to binding of additional oxygen in course of Ce3+-to-Ce4+ oxidation.

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Kurajica, S., Mužina, K., Bauer, L. et al. Single-Step Combustion Synthesis of Cerium Aluminate in the Presence of Copper. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09384-9

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