Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Deep eutectic-solvothermal synthesis of nanostructured ceria

  • Oliver S. Hammond,
  • Karen J. Edler,
  • Daniel T. Bowron,
  • Laura Torrente-Murciano

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14150
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Synthesis of nanostructured ceria on green deep eutectic solvent reline is one of the less energy-intensive routes to date. Here, the authors show that the reline solvent plays the role of a latent supramolecular catalyst driving the pre-organization of the reactants, allowing morphology and porosity control.