Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.10, 1322-1323, 2005
Preparation and characterization of amorphous Ce1-xZrxW2O8 fine particles for environmental-friendly yellow pigments
New inorganic pigments based on amorphous cerium tungstate have been synthesized with the goal of preparing ecologically and environmental-friendly specific pigments. These pigments consist of all non-toxic elements and show brilliant yellow color. The reason for the color change was attributed to the modification of the O-2p-Ce-4f and the O-2p-W-5d double charge transfer transitions with the Zr doping.