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Effective synthesis route for red-brown pigments based on Ce – Pr – Fe – O and their potential application for near infrared reflective surface coating

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New cerium-based ceramic pigments, displaying Ce2Pr0.2FexO4.3+y stoichiometry, were obtained at low temperature using a sol–gel method. The powder precursor dissolved in 80% ethylene glycol was precipitated using ammonia and the obtained gel calcined at 800°C for 2 h to yield homogeneous and crystalline particles with a diameter of around 150 nm. The oxide was composed of cerium in its +4 oxidation state and Pr in its +3 oxidation state. The oxides with varying Fe content had an intense red-brown colour, with bandgap energy of around 2.2 eV at 0.1 mol% Fe doping. The near infra red reflectance from these pigments, a measure of their ability to reflect rather than absorb heat waves from sunlight was found to be 82.7%, even in the absence of a white reflective base. Such high near infra red reflectance from these pigments qualify them for being ideal cool pigments for surface coating applications.

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CSIR-CLRI Communication Number: 1019. The authors thank the Department of science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India for the financial support under Green Chemistry Initiative. The authors are thankful to Mr N Sivaramakrishnan SAIF, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT), Chennai for his assistance with respect to interpretation of some of the data. The authors thank Ms. Sheetu Jose and Dr. M L P Reddy of National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram for their help in NIR solar reflectance. The authors wish to thank Mr. Jayakumar, Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) in leather coating studies.

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RADHIKA, S., SREERAM, K.J. & NAIR, B.U. Effective synthesis route for red-brown pigments based on Ce – Pr – Fe – O and their potential application for near infrared reflective surface coating. J Chem Sci 126, 65–73 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-013-0559-7

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