All materials utilized in this study were of analytical grade. The materials used for synthesizing the Ce-MOF were cerium nitrate hexahydrate (Ce(NO3)3·6H2O, Fluka 99%) as the cerium precursor, benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (H3BTC, Aldrich 98%) as ligand precursor and ethanol (Merck, CH3CH2OH), as solvent.
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