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The present work aims to induce three different oxygen vacancies in frustrated tetragonal zirconium oxide nanoparticles by cerium doping and identify its role on modifications in the structure, optical, and charge storage properties. XRD and Raman results revealed that all samples were crystallized into a frustrated tetragonal phase due to surface oxygen vacancies. XPS results confirmed the purity/composition of sample, presence of mixed 4+/3+ states of Zr and Ce. Optical band gap measurements showed an indirect band gap ranges from 3.38 to 3.23 eV. The sample CeZ2 showed better dielectric constant of 493 at 100 kHz and charge storage performance of 152.4 F/g at current density of 1.5 A/g with an electrochemical (EC) retention of about 93.75 % up to 1100 cycles can be a better choice of electrode for batteries/supercapacitors applications. Samples CeZ1 and CeZ3 with moderate EC performance due to poor electronic conductivity can be used in electro-ceramic applications.
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