Ce1−xCoxO2−δ Nanorods Grown by Electrochemical Deposition and

J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114, 13509–13514

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Ce1-xCoxO2-δ Nanorods Grown by Electrochemical Deposition and Their Magnetic Properties Yan-Nan Ou, Gao-Ren Li,* Jin-Hua Liang, Zhan-Ping Feng, and Ye-Xiang Tong MOE of Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry/School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Optoelectronic and Functional Composite Materials, Sun Yat-sen UniVersity, Guangzhou 510275, China ReceiVed: April 27, 2010; ReVised Manuscript ReceiVed: June 26, 2010

Magnetically doped CeO2 is a promising dilute magnetic semiconductor as CeO2 has a face-centered cubic system and a high dielectric constant and is a transparent rare-earth oxide. In this contribution we first report the synthesis of room temperature ferromagnetic Ce1-xCoxO2-δ (0