Jacob A. Branson

Sep 6, 2024 | pubs.acs.org | Jacob A. Branson |Patrick Smith |Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu |Dominic Russo

IntroductionClick to copy section linkSection link copied!Cerium holds a unique position among the other lanthanide elements because it can access the tetravalent (4f0) oxidation state in a wide range of chemical environments. In its trivalent state, spectroscopic and computational techniques have shown that the Ce 4f orbitals are core-like and only weakly involved in covalent bonding.