Synthesis and characterization of CePO₄ nanorods via solvothermal process

Abstract

One-dimensional cerium phosphate (CePO₄) nanorods were successfully synthesized by a facile and simple solvothermal method at 150 °C for 12 h, using Ce(NO₃)₃·6H₂O and NaH₂PO₄·2H₂O as the starting materials. Phase and morphologie of the as-synthesized CePO₄ products, characterized by XRD, FESEM, and TEM, were proved to be perfect and uniform hexagonal CePO₄ nanorods with aspect ratio of more than 100. The photoluminescence (PL) spectrometer was used to investigate the optical properties of the as-synthesized hexagonal CePO₄ nanorods.

Keywords

CePO₄ / nanorod / synthesis / hexagonal

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