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Incorporation of Sb5+ into CeO2 : local structural distortion of the fluorite structure from a pentavalent substituent
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Hiley, Craig I., Fisher, Janet, Kashtiban, Reza J., Cibin, Giannantonio, Thompsett, David and Walton, Richard I. (2018) Incorporation of Sb5+ into CeO2 : local structural distortion of the fluorite structure from a pentavalent substituent. Dalton Transactions, 47 (29). 9693-9700 . doi:10.1039/C8DT01750F
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8DT01750F
Abstract
Hydrothermal crystallisation of CeO2 from aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at 240oC using CeCl3·7H2O in the presence of hydrogen peroxide with addition of either SbCl3 or SbCl5 yields polycrystalline samples of antimony-containing ceria directly from solution. Powder X-ray diffraction shows a contraction of the cubic lattice parameter with increasing Sb content, and also a broadening of Bragg peaks, from which Scherrer analysis yields crystallite domain sizes of 5 - 20 nm. Scanning transmission electron microscopy provides consistent results with observation of highly crystalline particles of a few nm in diameter. X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy at the Ce LIII and Sb K edges reveals the presence of Ce4+ and Sb5+ in the solids. To balance charge the presence of co-included Na is proposed, corroborated by elemental analysis. The general chemical formula of the materials can thus be written as (Ce1 xSbx)1 yNayO2-δ (where x < 0.4 and y ≥ x/3). Sb K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy of the substituted ceria samples shows that the local structure of Sb resembles that in NaSbO3, where six-coordinate metal sites are found, but with evidence of a longer interatomic correlation due to surrounding Ce/Sb atoms in the fluorite structure; this implies that the Sb is displaced from the ideal eight-coordinate site of the fluorite structure. This structural distortion gives materials that are unstable under reducing conditions, coupled by the ease of reduction to elemental antimony, which is extruded leading to phase separation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Chemistry Faculty of Science > Physics |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cerium oxides, Catalysis, Antimony compounds | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Dalton Transactions | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1477-9226 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 7 August 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 47 | ||||||||
| Number: | 29 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | 9693-9700 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1039/C8DT01750F | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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