Thermal Treatment of Cerium Oxide and Its Properties: Adsorption Ability versus Degradation Efficiency

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(a) XRD patterns of cerium carbonate (precursor) and cerium oxides annealed at 200, 600, and 1000°C (from top to bottom). (b) Peak positions and relative intensities calculated from structure parameters using VESTA 3 SW [21], input data from PDF 81-0792. (c) Fluorite-like cubic structure of CeO₂.