Electronic Structure and Local Atomic Arrangement of Transition Metal Ions in Nanoporous Iron-Substituted Nickel Phosphates, VSB-1 and VSB-5
The electronic structure and local atomic arrangement of transition metal ions in nanoporous iron-substituted nickel phosphates VSB-1 and VSB-5 have been investigated using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy at Fe K- and Ni K-edges. The Fe K-edge XANES study clearly
demonstrated that substituted iron ions were stabilized in octahedral nickel sites of nanoporous nickel phosphate lattice. A comparison with several Fe-references revealed that the substituted irons have mixed Fe2+/Fe3+ oxidation state with the average valence of +2.8–3.0.
According to the Ni K-edge XANES analysis, the aliovalent substitution of Ni2+ with Fe2+/Fe3+ induced a slight reduction of divalent nickel ions in VSB-5 to meet a charge balance. On the contrary, Fe substitution for the VSB-1 phase did not cause notable decrease
in the oxidation state of nickel ions, which would be related either to the accompanying decrease of pentavalent phosphorus cations or to the increase of oxygen anions. In conclusion, the present findings clearly demonstrated that the nanoporous lattice of nickel phosphate can accommodate
effectively iron ions in its octahedral nickel sites.
Keywords: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IRON SUBSTITUTION; LOCAL ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; NANOPOROUS NICKEL PHOSPHATE; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 2010
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