Template-Less and Surfactant-Less Synthesis of CeO Nanostructures for Catalytic Application in -hydroxylation of Aryl Boronic Acids and the aza-Michael Reaction.

Due to its excellent physicochemical properties, CeO has found great importance as an electrochemical and in electronics, photocatalysis, sensing, and heterogeneous catalysis. Herein, we report the surfactant-less and template-less synthesis of CeO nanostructures by the hydrothermal method. The synthesized CeO nanostructures have been characterized in detail by electron microscopy, spectroscopy, diffractometry, and other analytical methods.