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Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization

Material nucleation processes are poorly understood; nevertheless, an atomistic understanding of material formation would aid in the design of material synthesis methods. Here, we apply in situ X-ray total scattering experiments with pair distribution function (PDF) analysis to study the hydrotherma...

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Autores principales: Skjærvø, Susanne Linn, Anker, Andy S., Wied, Magnus C., Kjær, Emil T. S., Juelsholt, Mikkel, Christiansen, Troels Lindahl, Ø. Jensen, Kirsten M.
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Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3sc00426k
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author Skjærvø, Susanne Linn
Anker, Andy S.
Wied, Magnus C.
Kjær, Emil T. S.
Juelsholt, Mikkel
Christiansen, Troels Lindahl
Ø. Jensen, Kirsten M.
author_facet Skjærvø, Susanne Linn
Anker, Andy S.
Wied, Magnus C.
Kjær, Emil T. S.
Juelsholt, Mikkel
Christiansen, Troels Lindahl
Ø. Jensen, Kirsten M.
author_sort Skjærvø, Susanne Linn
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description Material nucleation processes are poorly understood; nevertheless, an atomistic understanding of material formation would aid in the design of material synthesis methods. Here, we apply in situ X-ray total scattering experiments with pair distribution function (PDF) analysis to study the hydrothermal synthesis of wolframite-type MWO(4) (M : Mn, Fe, Co, Ni). The data obtained allow the mapping of the material formation pathway in detail. We first show that upon mixing of the aqueous precursors, a crystalline precursor containing [W(8)O(27)](6-) clusters forms for the MnWO(4) synthesis, while amorphous pastes form for the FeWO(4), CoWO(4) and NiWO(4) syntheses. The structure of the amorphous precursors was studied in detail with PDF analysis. Using database structure mining and an automated modelling strategy by applying machine learning, we show that the amorphous precursor structure can be described through polyoxometalate chemistry. A skewed sandwich cluster containing Keggin fragments describes the PDF of the precursor structure well, and the analysis shows that the precursor for FeWO(4) is more ordered than that of CoWO(4) and NiWO(4). Upon heating, the crystalline MnWO(4) precursor quickly converts directly to crystalline MnWO(4), while the amorphous precursors transform into a disordered intermediate phase before the crystalline tungstates appear. Our data show that the more disordered the precursor is, the longer the reaction time required to form crystalline products, and disorder in the precursor phase appears to be a barrier for crystallization. More generally, we see that polyoxometalate chemistry is useful when describing the initial wet-chemical formation of mixed metal oxides.
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spelling pubmed-101711882023-05-11 Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization Skjærvø, Susanne Linn Anker, Andy S. Wied, Magnus C. Kjær, Emil T. S. Juelsholt, Mikkel Christiansen, Troels Lindahl Ø. Jensen, Kirsten M. Chem Sci Chemistry Material nucleation processes are poorly understood; nevertheless, an atomistic understanding of material formation would aid in the design of material synthesis methods. Here, we apply in situ X-ray total scattering experiments with pair distribution function (PDF) analysis to study the hydrothermal synthesis of wolframite-type MWO(4) (M : Mn, Fe, Co, Ni). The data obtained allow the mapping of the material formation pathway in detail. We first show that upon mixing of the aqueous precursors, a crystalline precursor containing [W(8)O(27)](6-) clusters forms for the MnWO(4) synthesis, while amorphous pastes form for the FeWO(4), CoWO(4) and NiWO(4) syntheses. The structure of the amorphous precursors was studied in detail with PDF analysis. Using database structure mining and an automated modelling strategy by applying machine learning, we show that the amorphous precursor structure can be described through polyoxometalate chemistry. A skewed sandwich cluster containing Keggin fragments describes the PDF of the precursor structure well, and the analysis shows that the precursor for FeWO(4) is more ordered than that of CoWO(4) and NiWO(4). Upon heating, the crystalline MnWO(4) precursor quickly converts directly to crystalline MnWO(4), while the amorphous precursors transform into a disordered intermediate phase before the crystalline tungstates appear. Our data show that the more disordered the precursor is, the longer the reaction time required to form crystalline products, and disorder in the precursor phase appears to be a barrier for crystallization. More generally, we see that polyoxometalate chemistry is useful when describing the initial wet-chemical formation of mixed metal oxides. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2023-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10171188/ /pubmed/37181762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3sc00426k Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
spellingShingle Chemistry
Skjærvø, Susanne Linn
Anker, Andy S.
Wied, Magnus C.
Kjær, Emil T. S.
Juelsholt, Mikkel
Christiansen, Troels Lindahl
Ø. Jensen, Kirsten M.
Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization
title Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization
title_full Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization
title_fullStr Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization
title_full_unstemmed Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization
title_short Atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization
title_sort atomic structural changes in the formation of transition metal tungstates: the role of polyoxometalate structures in material crystallization
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3sc00426k
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