Pristine ceria is an extensively explored nanomaterial. In order to improve
physiochemical properties of ceria and ceria based materials, a different synthetic
strategy has been employed which has been highlighted in the current chapter. The
high stability of pristine ceria offers an opportunity to utilize it as a host lattice against
the doping/substitution of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, rare
earth and noble metals. This way incorporation of different valence metals ion into
ceria causes structural distortion which further facilitates alteration of the physical and
chemical properties of host lattice. Diverse synthetic conditions are used to stabilize
ceria and ceria-based materials in nano-resime having morphologies such as nanowires,
nanocubes, nanospheres, nanotubes and many more. Thus, different morphologies of
ceria and ceria-based materials are mainly applicable for their high technological
importance. The synthesized samples can be characterized by using powder X-ray
diffraction, Raman scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy,
transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
Keywords: Catalyst, Methodology, Morphology, Nanostructure, Pristine ceria, Surface area.
