TY - JOUR
T1 - Ca2[Ti(HPO4)2(PO4)]·H2O, Ca[Ti2(H2O)(HPO3)4]·H2O, and Ti(H2PO2)3
T2 - Solid-State Oxidation via Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
AU - Hung, Ling I.
AU - Hsieh, Dai Yi
AU - Hsieh, Tsung Hsiu
AU - Chen, Pei Lin
AU - Lin, Chia Her
AU - Wang, Sue Lein
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (Grants MOST 109-2113-M-007-010, MOST 110-2113-M-007-026-MY2, and MOST 110-2113-M-003-011-MY3), Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters (Grant MOST 110-2634-F-007-023), and the National Synchrotron Research Center of Taiwan.
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PY - 2022/1/24
Y1 - 2022/1/24
N2 - Titanium phosphorus oxides (TiPOs) are promising energy-conversion materials, but most are of tetravalent titanium (TiIV), with the trivalent TiIIIPOs less explored because of instability and obstacles in synthesis. In this study, we used a simple synthetic strategy and prepared three new TiIIIPOs with different phosphorus oxoanions: the phosphate Ca2Ti(HPO4)2(PO4)·H2O (1), the phosphite CaTi2(H2O)(HPO3)4·H2O (2), and the hypophosphite Ti(H2PO2)3 (3). Each possesses different structures in one, two, and three dimensions, yet they are related to one another because of their infinite chains. Compound 1 exhibits proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactivity in a solid state, losing one proton from its own HPO4 in oxidation to yield Ca2Ti(HPO4)(PO4)2·H2O (designated as 1O), while compound 2 also exhibits PCET reactivity in which the octahedral core [TiIII(H2O)]3+ gives off two protons to become a titanyl unit [TiIV=O]2+ under oxidation, yielding CaTi2O(HPO3)4·H2O (2O). Both 1O and 2O retain their original frameworks from before oxidation, but there are some changes in the hydrogen and Ti-O bonds that affect the IR absorption and powder X-ray diffraction patterns. Compound 3 represents the first titanium hypophosphite, and two polymorphs were discovered that show structures related to 1 and 2. This work demonstrates a simple strategy that is effective for preparing titanium(III) compounds in a pure phase; further, new findings in the pathways of solid-state PCET reactions promote a greater understanding of the self-sustaining oxidation behavior for TiIIIPO solid materials.
AB - Titanium phosphorus oxides (TiPOs) are promising energy-conversion materials, but most are of tetravalent titanium (TiIV), with the trivalent TiIIIPOs less explored because of instability and obstacles in synthesis. In this study, we used a simple synthetic strategy and prepared three new TiIIIPOs with different phosphorus oxoanions: the phosphate Ca2Ti(HPO4)2(PO4)·H2O (1), the phosphite CaTi2(H2O)(HPO3)4·H2O (2), and the hypophosphite Ti(H2PO2)3 (3). Each possesses different structures in one, two, and three dimensions, yet they are related to one another because of their infinite chains. Compound 1 exhibits proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reactivity in a solid state, losing one proton from its own HPO4 in oxidation to yield Ca2Ti(HPO4)(PO4)2·H2O (designated as 1O), while compound 2 also exhibits PCET reactivity in which the octahedral core [TiIII(H2O)]3+ gives off two protons to become a titanyl unit [TiIV=O]2+ under oxidation, yielding CaTi2O(HPO3)4·H2O (2O). Both 1O and 2O retain their original frameworks from before oxidation, but there are some changes in the hydrogen and Ti-O bonds that affect the IR absorption and powder X-ray diffraction patterns. Compound 3 represents the first titanium hypophosphite, and two polymorphs were discovered that show structures related to 1 and 2. This work demonstrates a simple strategy that is effective for preparing titanium(III) compounds in a pure phase; further, new findings in the pathways of solid-state PCET reactions promote a greater understanding of the self-sustaining oxidation behavior for TiIIIPO solid materials.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02685
DO - 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02685
M3 - Article
C2 - 34994560
AN - SCOPUS:85123297722
VL - 61
SP - 1327
EP - 1334
JO - Inorganic Chemistry
JF - Inorganic Chemistry
SN - 0020-1669
IS - 3
ER -