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The diffuse reflectance spectra (UV–VIS) of bulk and silica-supported CeO2(⩽1.10% Ce) are presented. Very small supported cerium oxide particles (10–15 Å) are obtained, which exhibit distinct spectral features assigned to surface cerium oxygen species.
Bensalem et al. (Wed,) studied this question.