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Lu Q. How to Correctly Analyze 2p X-ray Photoelectron Spectra of 3d Transition-Metal Oxides: Pitfalls and Principles. ACS NANO 2024; 18:13973-13982. [PMID: 38776459 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c03964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Nanomaterials based on transition-metal oxides (TMOs) that contain late 3d transition metals (e.g., Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) have diverse properties and functionality that are related to the oxidation state of constituent transition-metal (TM) cations. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of TM 2p orbitals has been widely used to quantify the TM oxidation state of TMOs. However, 2p XPS spectra of late 3d TM cations usually have complicated shapes due to the charge transfer between the TM cation and oxygen ligands (anions), which makes the analysis highly nontrivial. In this article, we will examine the validity of commonly used analysis methods based on either peak fitting or the shift of binding energy (BE). The different origins of the BE shift in XPS spectra will be discussed. We will then introduce a model to reproduce the complex shapes of TM 2p spectra, based on fundamental parameters that describe the TMO electronic structure.
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- Qiyang Lu
- School of Engineering and Research Center for Industries of the Future, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310030, P. R. China
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Dong Z, Huo M, Li J, Li J, Li P, Sun H, Gu L, Lu Y, Wang M, Wang Y, Chen Z. Visualization of oxygen vacancies and self-doped ligand holes in La 3Ni 2O 7-δ. Nature 2024; 630:847-852. [PMID: 38839959 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07482-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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The recent discovery of superconductivity in La3Ni2O7-δ under high pressure with a transition temperature around 80 K (ref. 1) has sparked extensive experimental2-6 and theoretical efforts7-12. Several key questions regarding the pairing mechanism remain to be answered, such as the most relevant atomic orbitals and the role of atomic deficiencies. Here we develop a new, energy-filtered, multislice electron ptychography technique, assisted by electron energy-loss spectroscopy, to address these critical issues. Oxygen vacancies are directly visualized and are found to primarily occupy the inner apical sites, which have been proposed to be crucial to superconductivity13,14. We precisely determine the nanoscale stoichiometry and its correlation to the oxygen K-edge spectra, which reveals a significant inhomogeneity in the oxygen content and electronic structure within the sample. The spectroscopic results also reveal that stoichiometric La3Ni2O7 has strong charge-transfer characteristics, with holes that are self-doped from Ni sites into O sites. The ligand holes mainly reside on the inner apical O and the planar O, whereas the density on the outer apical O is negligible. As the concentration of O vacancies increases, ligand holes on both sites are simultaneously annihilated. These observations will assist in further development and understanding of superconducting nickelate materials. Our imaging technique for quantifying atomic deficiencies can also be widely applied in materials science and condensed-matter physics.
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- Zehao Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Neutron Science and Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Neutron Science and Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- School of Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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- Center for Neutron Science and Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Magnetoelectric Physics and Devices, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
- New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing, China.
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Hariki A, Dal Din A, Amin OJ, Yamaguchi T, Badura A, Kriegner D, Edmonds KW, Campion RP, Wadley P, Backes D, Veiga LSI, Dhesi SS, Springholz G, Šmejkal L, Výborný K, Jungwirth T, Kuneš J. X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Altermagnetic α-MnTe. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:176701. [PMID: 38728732 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.176701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Altermagnetism is a recently identified magnetic symmetry class combining characteristics of conventional collinear ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, that were regarded as mutually exclusive, and enabling phenomena and functionalities unparalleled in either of the two traditional elementary magnetic classes. In this work we use symmetry, ab initio theory, and experiments to explore x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) in the altermagnetic class. As a representative material for our XMCD study we choose α-MnTe with compensated antiparallel magnetic order in which an anomalous Hall effect has been already demonstrated. We predict and experimentally confirm a characteristic XMCD line shape for compensated moments lying in a plane perpendicular to the light propagation vector. Our results highlight the distinct phenomenology in altermagnets of this time-reversal symmetry breaking response, and its potential utility for element-specific spectroscopy and microscopy.
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- A Hariki
- Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Chilton OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Chilton OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source, Chilton OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Cukrovarnická 10, 162 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czechia
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Che Q, van den Bosch ICG, Le PTP, Lazemi M, van der Minne E, Birkhölzer YA, Nunnenkamp M, Peerlings MLJ, Safonova OV, Nachtegaal M, Koster G, Baeumer C, de Jongh P, de Groot FMF. In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of LaFeO 3 and LaFeO 3/LaNiO 3 Thin Films in the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2024; 128:5515-5523. [PMID: 38595773 PMCID: PMC11000219 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c07864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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We study the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to track the dynamics of the valence state and the covalence of the metal ions of LaFeO3 and LaFeO3/LaNiO3 thin films. The active materials are 8 unit cells grown epitaxially on 100 nm conductive La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 layers using pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The perovskite layers are supported on monolayer Ca2Nb3O10 nanosheet-buffered 100 nm SiNx membranes. The in situ Fe and Ni K-edges XAS spectra were measured from the backside of the SiNx membrane using fluorescence yield detection under electrocatalytic reaction conditions. The XAS spectra show significant spectral changes, which indicate that (1) the metal (co)valencies increase, and (2) the number of 3d electrons remains constant with applied potential. We find that the whole 8 unit cells react to the potential changes, including the buried LaNiO3 film.
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- Qijun Che
- Materials
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, University
of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Materials
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, University
of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, University
of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, University
of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Materials
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, University
of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, University
of Twente, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Materials
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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- Materials
Chemistry and Catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands
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Wickramaratne KMK, Karki SB, Ramezanipour F. Electrocatalytic Properties of Oxygen-Deficient Perovskites Ca 3Fe 3-xMn xO 8 ( x = 1-2) for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:20961-20969. [PMID: 38010750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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We have demonstrated a systematic trend in the electrocatalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and its correlations with transition-metal type, structural order, and electrical conductivity. The materials studied in this work, Ca3FeMn2O8 (CaFe1/3Mn2/3O3-1/3), Ca3Fe1.5Mn1.5O8, and Ca3Fe2MnO8, belong to the family of oxygen-deficient perovskites and show a gradual increase in the ordering of oxygen vacancies. Ca3FeMn2O8 (CaFe1/3Mn2/3O3-1/3) contains randomly distributed oxygen vacancies, which begin to order in Ca3Fe1.5Mn1.5O8, and are fully ordered in Ca3Fe2MnO8. The gradual increase in the structural order is associated with a systematic enhancement of the electrocatalytic activity for HER in acidic conditions, Ca3FeMn2O8 < Ca3Fe1.5Mn1.5O8 < Ca3Fe2MnO8. While the improvement of the HER activity is also associated with an increase in the Fe content, we have shown that the type of structural order plays a more important role. We demonstrated this effect by control experiments on an analogous material where all Mn was substituted by Fe, leading to a different type of structural order and showing an inferior HER activity compared to the above three materials. Furthermore, electrical conductivity studies in a wide range of temperatures, 25-800 °C, indicate that the trend in the electrical conductivity is the same as that of the HER activity. These findings reveal several important structure-property relationships and highlight the importance of synergistic effects in enhancing the electrocatalytic properties.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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Guan D, Xu H, Zhang Q, Huang YC, Shi C, Chang YC, Xu X, Tang J, Gu Y, Pao CW, Haw SC, Chen JM, Hu Z, Ni M, Shao Z. Identifying a Universal Activity Descriptor and a Unifying Mechanism Concept on Perovskite Oxides for Green Hydrogen Production. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2305074. [PMID: 37452655 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Producing indispensable hydrogen and oxygen for social development via water electrolysis shows more prospects than other technologies. Although electrocatalysts have been explored for centuries, a universal activity descriptor for both hydrogen-evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen-evolution reaction (OER) is not yet developed. Moreover, a unifying concept is not yet established to simultaneously understand HER/OER mechanisms. Here, the relationships between HER/OER activities in three common electrolytes and over ten representative material properties on 12 3d-metal-based model oxides are rationally bridged through statistical methodologies. The orbital charge-transfer energy (Δ) can serve as an ideal universal descriptor, where a neither too large nor too small Δ (≈1 eV) with optimal electron-cloud density around Fermi level affords the best activities, fulfilling Sabatier's principle. Systematic experiments and computations unravel that pristine oxide with Δ ≈ 1 eV possesses metal-like high-valence configurations and active lattice-oxygen sites to help adsorb key protons in HER and induce lattice-oxygen participation in the OER, respectively. After reactions, partially generated metals in the HER and high-valence hydroxides in the OER dominate proton adsorption and couple with pristine lattice-oxygen activation, respectively. These can be successfully rationalized by the unifying orbital charge-transfer theory. This work provides the foundation of rational material design and mechanism understanding for many potential applications.
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- Daqin Guan
- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy, and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
- Department of Building and Real Estate, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) and Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy, and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
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- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy, and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Str. 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) and Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy, and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800, China
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Huang H, Chang YC, Huang YC, Li L, Komarek AC, Tjeng LH, Orikasa Y, Pao CW, Chan TS, Chen JM, Haw SC, Zhou J, Wang Y, Lin HJ, Chen CT, Dong CL, Kuo CY, Wang JQ, Hu Z, Zhang L. Unusual double ligand holes as catalytic active sites in LiNiO 2. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2112. [PMID: 37055401 PMCID: PMC10102180 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37775-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
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Designing efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of importance for energy conversion devices. The anionic redox allows formation of O-O bonds and offers higher OER activity than the conventional metal sites. Here, we successfully prepare LiNiO2 with a dominant 3d8L configuration (L is a hole at O 2p) under high oxygen pressure, and achieve a double ligand holes 3d8L2 under OER since one electron removal occurs at O 2p orbitals for NiIII oxides. LiNiO2 exhibits super-efficient OER activity among LiMO2, RMO3 (M = transition metal, R = rare earth) and other unary 3d catalysts. Multiple in situ/operando spectroscopies reveal NiIII→NiIV transition together with Li-removal during OER. Our theory indicates that NiIV (3d8L2) leads to direct O-O coupling between lattice oxygen and *O intermediates accelerating the OER activity. These findings highlight a new way to design the lattice oxygen redox with enough ligand holes created in OER process.
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- Haoliang Huang
- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, 01187, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, 01187, Germany
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 535-8577, Japan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
- Department of Electrophysics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 10049, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, 01187, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 10049, China.
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Tcakaev A, Rubrecht B, Facio JI, Zabolotnyy VB, Corredor LT, Folkers LC, Kochetkova E, Peixoto TRF, Kagerer P, Heinze S, Bentmann H, Green RJ, Gargiani P, Valvidares M, Weschke E, Haverkort MW, Reinert F, van den Brink J, Büchner B, Wolter AUB, Isaeva A, Hinkov V. Intermixing-Driven Surface and Bulk Ferromagnetism in the Quantum Anomalous Hall Candidate MnBi 6 Te 10. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2203239. [PMID: 36802132 PMCID: PMC10074120 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The recent realizations of the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) in MnBi2 Te4 and MnBi4 Te7 benchmark the (MnBi2 Te4 )(Bi2 Te3 )n family as a promising hotbed for further QAHE improvements. The family owes its potential to its ferromagnetically (FM) ordered MnBi2 Te4 septuple layers (SLs). However, the QAHE realization is complicated in MnBi2 Te4 and MnBi4 Te7 due to the substantial antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling between the SLs. An FM state, advantageous for the QAHE, can be stabilized by interlacing the SLs with an increasing number n of Bi2 Te3 quintuple layers (QLs). However, the mechanisms driving the FM state and the number of necessary QLs are not understood, and the surface magnetism remains obscure. Here, robust FM properties in MnBi6 Te10 (n = 2) with Tc ≈ 12 K are demonstrated and their origin is established in the Mn/Bi intermixing phenomenon by a combined experimental and theoretical study. The measurements reveal a magnetically intact surface with a large magnetic moment, and with FM properties similar to the bulk. This investigation thus consolidates the MnBi6 Te10 system as perspective for the QAHE at elevated temperatures.
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- Abdul‐Vakhab Tcakaev
- Physikalisches Institut (EP‐IV)Universität WürzburgAm HublandD‐97074WürzburgGermany
- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
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- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
- Centro Atómico BarilocheInstituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología (CNEA‐CONICET) and Instituto Balseiro. Av. Bustillo 9500Bariloche8400Argentina
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- Physikalisches Institut (EP‐IV)Universität WürzburgAm HublandD‐97074WürzburgGermany
- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
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- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Institut für Festkörper‐ und MaterialphysikTechnische Universität DresdenD‐01062DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Physikalisches Institut (EP‐VII)Universität WürzburgAm HublandD‐97074WürzburgGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Physikalisches Institut (EP‐VII)Universität WürzburgAm HublandD‐97074WürzburgGermany
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- Institute for Theoretical PhysicsHeidelberg UniversityPhilosophenweg 1969120HeidelbergGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Physikalisches Institut (EP‐VII)Universität WürzburgAm HublandD‐97074WürzburgGermany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter InstituteUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBritish ColumbiaV6T 1Z4Canada
- Department of Physics and Engineering PhysicsUniversity of SaskatchewanSaskatoonSKS7N 5E2Canada
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light SourceE‐08290 Cerdanyola del VallèsBarcelonaSpain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light SourceE‐08290 Cerdanyola del VallèsBarcelonaSpain
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- Helmholtz‐Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und EnergieAlbert‐Einstein‐Straße 15D‐12489BerlinGermany
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- Institute for Theoretical PhysicsHeidelberg UniversityPhilosophenweg 1969120HeidelbergGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Physikalisches Institut (EP‐VII)Universität WürzburgAm HublandD‐97074WürzburgGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
- Institut für Theoretische PhysikTechnische Universität DresdenD‐01062DresdenGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
- Institut für Festkörper‐ und MaterialphysikTechnische Universität DresdenD‐01062DresdenGermany
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- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institut für Festkörper‐ und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) DresdenHelmholtzstraße 20D‐01069DresdenGermany
- Van der Waals‐Zeeman InstituteDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of AmsterdamScience Park 904Amsterdam1098 XHThe Netherlands
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- Physikalisches Institut (EP‐IV)Universität WürzburgAm HublandD‐97074WürzburgGermany
- Würzburg‐Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmatGermany
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Kang W, Wei R, Yin H, Li D, Chen Z, Huang Q, Zhang P, Jing H, Wang X, Li C. Unraveling Sequential Oxidation Kinetics and Determining Roles of Multi-Cobalt Active Sites on Co 3O 4 Catalyst for Water Oxidation. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:3470-3477. [PMID: 36724407 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The multi-redox mechanism involving multi-sites has great implications to dictate the catalytic water oxidation. Understanding the sequential dynamics of multi-steps in oxygen evolution reaction (OER) cycles on working catalysts is a highly important but challenging issue. Here, using quasi-operando transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy and a typical photosensitization strategy, we succeeded in resolving the sequential oxidation kinetics involving multi-active sites for water oxidation in OER catalytic cycle, with Co3O4 nanoparticles as model catalysts. When OER initiates from fast oxidation of surface Co2+ ions, both surface Co2+ and Co3+ ions are active sites of the multi-cobalt centers for water oxidation. In the sequential kinetics (Co2+ → Co3+ → Co4+), the key characteristic is fast oxidation and slow consumption for all the cobalt species. Due to this characteristic, the Co4+ intermediate distribution plays a determining role in OER activity and results in the slow overall OER kinetics. These insights shed light on the kinetic understanding of water oxidation on heterogeneous catalysts with multi-sites.
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- Wanchao Kang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis, Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.,State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis, Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis, Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.,State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Flach M, Hirsch K, Timm M, Ablyasova OS, da Silva Santos M, Kubin M, Bülow C, Gitzinger T, von Issendorff B, Lau JT, Zamudio-Bayer V. Iron L 3-edge energy shifts for the full range of possible 3d occupations within the same oxidation state of iron halides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:19890-19894. [PMID: 35959850 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02448a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Oxidation states are integer in number but dn configurations of transition metal centers vary continuously in polar bonds. We quantify the shifts of the iron L3 excitation energy, within the same formal oxidation state, in a systematic L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of diatomic gas-phase iron(II) halide cations, [FeX]+,where X = F, Cl, Br, I. These shifts correlate with the electronegativity of the halogen, and are attributed exclusively to a fractional increase in population of 3d-derived orbitals along the series as supported by charge transfer multiplet simulations and density functional theory calculations. We extract an excitation energy shift of 420 meV ± 60 meV spanning the full range of possible 3d occupations between the most ionic bond in [FeF]+ and covalently bonded [FeI]+.
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- Max Flach
- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. .,Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. .,Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. .,Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. .,Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. .,Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. .,Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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Higashi K, Yamaguchi T, Takahashi Y, Hariki A. Charge-transfer effect in Fe 2 pcore-level x-ray photoemission spectra of trivalent Fe oxides: LDA + DMFT study. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2022; 34:375602. [PMID: 35793685 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac7f18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Motivated by recent hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) experiment for trivalent Fe oxides Sr2FeMoO6(ferrimagnetic correlated metal) and LaFeO3(antiferromagnetic Mott insulator) (Phuyalet al2021J. Phys. Chem.C12511249-56), we present a theoretical analysis of the Fe 2pcore-level spectra using a computational method based on local density approximation combined with dynamical mean-field theory. We find that a nonlocal screening (NLS) effect in the XPS final states is crucial for interpreting the experimental XPS result of both the Fe oxides. A close relationship between the NLS feature in core-level spectra and a long-range magnetic ordering is emphasized.
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- Keisuke Higashi
- Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Electronics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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Yamagami K, Yoshino H, Yamagishi H, Setoyama H, Tanaka A, Ohtani R, Ohba M, Wadati H. The ligand field in low-crystallinity metal-organic frameworks investigated by soft X-ray core-level absorption spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:16680-16686. [PMID: 35766583 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01415g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The ligand field (LF) of transition metal ions is a crucial factor in realizing the mechanism of novel physical and chemical properties. However, the low-crystallinity state, including the amorphous state, precludes the clarification of the electronic structural relationship of transition metal ions using crystallographic techniques, ultraviolet and infrared optical methods, and magnetometry. Here, we demonstrate that soft X-ray 2p → 3d core-level absorption spectroscopy (L2,3-edge XAS) systematically revealed the local 3d electronic states, including in the LF, of nitrogen-coordinated transition-metal ions for low-crystallinity cyanide-bridged metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) M[Ni(CN)4] (MNi; M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) and Ni[Pd(CN)4] (NiPd). In NiNi and NiPd, N-coordinated Ni ions with square-planar symmetry exhibit strong orbital hybridization and ligand-to-metal charge transfer effects. In MnNi, FeNi, and CoNi, the correlation between the crystalline electric field splitting in the LF and the transition metal-nitrogen bonding length is revealed using the multiplet LF theory. Regardless of the different local symmetries, our results indicate that L2,3-edge XAS is a powerful tool for gaining element-specific knowledge about the transition-metal ion characterizing the functionality of low-crystallinity MOFs and will be the foundation for an attractive platform, such as adsorption/desorption materials.
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- Kohei Yamagami
- Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.,Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Synchrotron Radiation Center, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-0058, Japan
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- Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research Center, 8-7 Yayoigaoka, Tosu, Saga, 841-0005, Japan
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- Department of Quantum Matter, ADSM, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Chiba 277-8581, Japan.,Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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Majumder S, Tripathi M, Píš I, Nappini S, Rajput P, Jha SN, Choudhary RJ, Phase DM. Robust electronic and tunable magnetic states in Sm 2 NiMnO 6ferromagnetic insulator. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2022; 34:255502. [PMID: 35354127 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac62a4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Ferromagnetic insulators (FM-Is) are the materials of interest for the new generation quantum electronic applications. Here, we have investigated the physical observables depicting FM-I ground states in epitaxial Sm2NiMnO6(SNMO) double perovskite thin films fabricated under different conditions to realize the different level of Ni/Mn anti-site disorders (ASDs). The presence of ASDs immensely influence the characteristic magnetic and anisotropy behaviors in SNMO system by introducing short scale antiferromagnetic interactions in predominant long range FM ordered host matrix. Charge disproportion between cation sites, in the form of Ni2++ Mn4+→ Ni3++ Mn3+, causes mixed valency in both Ni and Mn species, which is found insensitive to ASD concentrations. Temperature dependent photo emission, photo absorption measurements duly combined with cluster model configuration interaction simulations, suggest that the eigenstates of Ni and Mn cations can be satisfactorily described as a linear combination of the unscreeneddnand screeneddn+1L̲(L̲: O 2phole) states. The electronic structure across the Fermi level (EF) exhibits closely spaced Ni 3d, Mn 3dand O 2pstates. From occupied and unoccupied bands, estimated values of the Coulomb repulsion energy (U) and ligand to metal charge transfer energy (Δ), indicate charge transfer insulating nature, where remarkable modification in Ni/Mn 3d-O 2phybridization takes place across the FM transition temperature. Existence of ASD broadens the Ni, Mn 3dspectral features, whereas the spectral positions are found to be unaltered. Hereby, present work demonstrates SNMO thin film as a FM-I system, where the FM state can be tuned by manipulating ASD in the crystal structure, while the I state remains intact.
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- Supriyo Majumder
- UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore 452001, India
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- UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore 452001, India
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- Elettra Sicrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., S.S. 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
- IOM CNR, Laboratorio TASC, S.S. 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- IOM CNR, Laboratorio TASC, S.S. 14-km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Beamline Development and Application Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Beamline Development and Application Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore 452001, India
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- UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore 452001, India
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Karki SB, Hona RK, Ramezanipour F. Sr3Mn2O6 and Sr3FeMnO6 for oxygen and hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis. J Solid State Electrochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-022-05167-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ohkubo I, Mori T. Rational Design of 3d Transition-Metal Compounds for Thermoelectric Properties by Using Periodic Trends in Electron-Correlation Modulation. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:3590-3602. [PMID: 35170313 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The electronic structures in solid-state transition-metal compounds can be represented by two parameters: the charge-transfer energy (Δ), which is the energy difference between the p-band of an anion and an upper Hubbard band contributed by transition-metal d-orbitals, and the onsite Coulomb repulsion energy (U), which represents the energy difference between lower and upper Hubbard bands composed of split d-orbitals in transition metals. These parameters can facilitate the classification of various types of electronic structures. In this study, the dependences of anion species (N3-, P3-, As3-, O2-, S2-, Se2-, Te2-, F-, Cl-, Br-, and I-) on Δ and U of 566 different binary and ternary 3d transition-metal compounds were investigated using ionic-model calculations. We were able to identify the systematic chemical trends in the variations in Δ and U values with the anion species of 11 different families of 3d transition-metal compounds in a comprehensive manner. The effective use of Δ-U diagrams given here, to facilitate the discovery and development of functional compounds, was demonstrated on thermoelectric compounds by classifying the thermoelectric properties of 3d transition-metal compounds and by predicting unrealized high-performance thermoelectric compounds.
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- Isao Ohkubo
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.,Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
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Giordano L, Akkiraju K, Jacobs R, Vivona D, Morgan D, Shao-Horn Y. Electronic Structure-Based Descriptors for Oxide Properties and Functions. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:298-308. [PMID: 35050573 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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ConspectusThe transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy requires the development of efficient and cost-effective energy storage technologies. A promising way forward is to harness the energy of intermittent renewable sources, such as solar and wind, to perform (electro)catalytic reactions to generate fuels, thus storing energy in the form of chemical bonds. However, current catalysts rely on the use of expensive, rare, or geographically localized elements, such as platinum. Widespread adoption of new (electro)catalytic technologies hinges on the discovery and development of materials containing earth-abundant elements, which can efficiently catalyze an array of (electro)chemical reactions.In the context of catalysis, descriptors provide correlations between fundamental physical properties, such as the electronic structure, and the resulting catalytic activity. The use of easily accessible descriptors has proven to be a powerful method to advance and accelerate discovery and design of new catalyst materials. The position of the oxygen electronic 2p band center has been proposed to capture the basic physical properties of oxides, including oxygen vacancy formation energy, diffusion barrier of oxygen ions, and work function. Moreover, the adsorption strength of relevant reaction intermediates at the surface of oxides can be strongly correlated with the energy of the oxygen 2p states, which affects the catalytic activity of reactions, such as oxygen electrocatalysis, and oxidative dehydrogenation of organic molecules. Such descriptors for catalytic activity can be used to predict the activity of new catalysts and understand trends and behavior among different catalysts.In this Account, we discuss how the energy of the oxygen 2p states can be used as a descriptor for oxide bulk and surface chemical properties. We show how the oxide redox properties vary linearly with the position of the oxygen 2p band center with respect to the Fermi level, and we discuss how this descriptor can be expanded across different materials and structural families, including possible generalizations to compounds outside oxides. We highlight the power of the oxygen 2p band center to predict the catalytic activity of oxides. We conclude with an outlook examining under which conditions this descriptor can be applied to predict oxide properties and possible opportunities for further refining and accelerating property predictions of oxides by leveraging material databases and machine learning.
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- Livia Giordano
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1509 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1509 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Geoghegan BL, Liu Y, Peredkov S, Dechert S, Meyer F, DeBeer S, Cutsail GE. Combining Valence-to-Core X-ray Emission and Cu K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopies to Experimentally Assess Oxidation State in Organometallic Cu(I)/(II)/(III) Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:2520-2534. [PMID: 35050605 PMCID: PMC8855422 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
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A series of organometallic
copper complexes in formal oxidation
states ranging from +1 to +3 have been characterized by a combination
of Cu K-edge X-ray absorption (XAS) and Cu Kβ valence-to-core
X-ray emission spectroscopies (VtC XES). Each formal oxidation state
exhibits distinctly different XAS and VtC XES transition energies
due to the differences in the Cu Zeff, concomitant with
changes in physical oxidation state from +1 to +2 to +3. Herein, we
demonstrate the sensitivity of XAS and VtC XES to the physical oxidation
states of a series of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligated organocopper
complexes. We then extend these methods to the study of the [Cu(CF3)4]− ion. Complemented by computational
methods, the observed spectral transitions are correlated with the
electronic structure of the complexes and the Cu Zeff.
These calculations demonstrate that a contraction of the Cu 1s orbitals
to deeper binding energy upon oxidation of the Cu center manifests
spectroscopically as a stepped increase in the energy of both XAS
and Kβ2,5 emission features with increasing formal
oxidation state within the [Cun+(NHC2)]n+ series. The newly synthesized Cu(III) cation
[CuIII(NHC4)]3+ exhibits spectroscopic
features and an electronic structure remarkably similar to [Cu(CF3)4]−, supporting a physical oxidation
state assignment of low-spin d8 Cu(III) for [Cu(CF3)4]−. Combining XAS and VtC XES
further demonstrates the necessity of combining multiple spectroscopies
when investigating the electronic structures of highly covalent copper
complexes, providing a template for future investigations into both
synthetic and biological metal centers.
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- Blaise L. Geoghegan
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5-7, 45117 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5-7, 45117 Essen, Germany
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Kunnus K, Guo M, Biasin E, Larsen CB, Titus CJ, Lee SJ, Nordlund D, Cordones AA, Uhlig J, Gaffney KJ. Quantifying the Steric Effect on Metal-Ligand Bonding in Fe Carbene Photosensitizers with Fe 2p3d Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:1961-1972. [PMID: 35029978 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Understanding the electronic structure and chemical bonding of transition metal complexes is important for improving the function of molecular photosensitizers and catalysts. We have utilized X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Fe L3 edge to investigate the electronic structure of two Fe N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with similar chemical structures but different steric effects and contrasting excited-state dynamics: [Fe(bmip)2]2+ and [Fe(btbip)2]2+, bmip = 2,6-bis(3-methyl-imidazole-1-ylidine)pyridine and btbip = 2,6-bis(3-tert-butyl-imidazole-1-ylidene)pyridine. In combination with charge transfer multiplet and ab initio calculations, we quantified how changes in Fe-carbene bond length due to steric effects modify the metal-ligand bonding, including σ/π donation and π back-donation. We find that σ donation is significantly stronger in [Fe(bmip)2]2+, whereas the π back-donation is similar in both complexes. The resulting stronger ligand field and nephelauxetic effect in [Fe(bmip)2]2+ lead to approximately 1 eV destabilization of the quintet metal-centered 5T2g excited state compared to [Fe(btbip)2]2+, providing an explanation for the absence of a photoinduced 5T2g population and a longer metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited-state lifetime in [Fe(bmip)2]2+. This work demonstrates how combined modeling of XAS and RIXS spectra can be utilized to understand the electronic structure of transition metal complexes governed by correlated electrons and donation/back-donation interactions.
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- Kristjan Kunnus
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.,Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, Tartu EE-50411, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-22100, Sweden
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Ekanayaka TK, Kurz H, McElveen KA, Hao G, Mishra E, N'Diaye AT, Lai RY, Weber B, Dowben PA. Evidence for surface effects on the intermolecular interactions in Fe(II) spin crossover coordination polymers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:883-894. [PMID: 34908055 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04243b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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From X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), it is evident that the spin state transition behavior of Fe(II) spin crossover coordination polymer crystallites at the surface differs from the bulk. A comparison of four different coordination polymers reveals that the observed surface properties may differ from bulk for a variety of reasons. There are Fe(II) spin crossover coordination polymers with either almost complete switching of the spin state at the surface or no switching at all. Oxidation, differences in surface packing, and changes in coordination could all contribute to making the surface very different from the bulk. Some Fe(II) spin crossover coordination polymers may be sufficiently photoactive so that X-ray spectroscopies cannot discern the spin state transition.
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- Thilini K Ekanayaka
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Jorgensen Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0299, USA.
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- Inorganic Chemistry IV, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Hamilton Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Jorgensen Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0299, USA. .,Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Jorgensen Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0299, USA.
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Hamilton Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.,Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Voetle-Keegan Nano Center, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Inorganic Chemistry IV, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, NW I, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Jorgensen Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0299, USA.
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Asakura D, Nanba Y, Niwa H, Kiuchi H, Miyawaki J, Okubo M, Matsuda H, Harada Y, Hosono E. Operando resonant soft X-ray emission spectroscopy of LiMn 2O 4 cathode using an aqueous electrolyte solution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:19177-19183. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01040b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Mn 3d electronic-structure change of LiMn2O4 cathode during Li-ion extraction/insertion in an aqueous electrolyte solution was studied by operando resonant soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (RXES). The Mn L3 RXES...
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Craze AR, Marjo CE, Li F. A complementary characterisation technique for spin crossover materials; the application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for future device applications. Dalton Trans 2021; 51:428-441. [PMID: 34846406 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03446d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Spin crossover (SCO) materials have long been studied for their inherent electronic switchability, which has been well investigated for potential application in electronic and switching devices. As the technologies for the fabrication of thin films and monolayers continue to develop at an exceedingly rapid pace, an emerging challenge for the SCO community has become the characterisation of spin transitions in the surface layers of a material, as well as understanding the origins of discrepancies observed between SCO in thin films and that of the bulk material. For the manufacture of such devices to become a reality, it is crucial to understand how spin crossover is affected by interactions with the substrate material and within thin films. As such, detailed analysis of the surface layers without interference from the substrate material emerged as a critical area of characterisation for future developments in SCO devices. In this regard, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) has emerged as a complementary technique for the analysis of SCO in the surface layers of a material, becoming an essential part of a multi-technique protocol that is driving advances in the field. Here we describe the complementary application of XPS to a variety of SCO materials, review major developments and provide illustrative examples of innovations made through surface analysis with XPS.
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- Alexander R Craze
- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK
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- Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia.
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
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Kananke-Gamage CCW, Ramezanipour F. Variation of the electrocatalytic activity of isostructural oxides Sr 2LaFeMnO 7 and Sr 2LaCoMnO 7 for hydrogen and oxygen-evolution reactions. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:14196-14206. [PMID: 34549745 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01977e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The effect of the electronic configurations of transition metals on electrocatalytic activity, charge transport, and magnetic properties is demonstrated through the investigation of Sr2LaFeMnO7 and Sr2LaCoMnO7. The two compounds are isostructural and contain bilayer stacks of octahedrally coordinated transition metals. Despite their structural similarity, the magnetic transition temperature of Sr2LaCoMnO7 is significantly lower than that of Sr2LaFeMnO7. The electrical charge-transport properties are also different, where Sr2LaCoMnO7 shows considerably improved electrical conductivity. Importantly, the electrocatalytic activities for the two half-reactions of water-splitting, i.e., the hydrogen-evolution reaction (HER) and the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER), are improved in Sr2LaCoMnO7 compared to Sr2LaFeMnO7. In addition, better kinetics for the HER and OER are observed for Sr2LaCoMnO7, as evaluated by the Tafel method. Furthermore, the electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) shows an enhancement for Sr2LaCoMnO7. Therefore, the trends in electrical charge transport, the HER and OER activities, kinetics and ECSA are all similar, indicating the improved properties of Sr2LaCoMnO7. These changes are explained in the context of a greater bond covalency in this material due to the higher electronegativity of Co, which results in a better overlap between the transition metal d orbital and oxygen p orbital. The relation between the electrocatalytic performance and the optimum eg orbital occupancy in Sr2LaCoMnO7 is also discussed.
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Lafuerza S, Carlantuono A, Retegan M, Glatzel P. Chemical Sensitivity of Kβ and Kα X-ray Emission from a Systematic Investigation of Iron Compounds. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:12518-12535. [PMID: 32830953 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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K-fluorescence X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) is receiving growing interest in all fields of natural sciences to investigate the local spin. The spin sensitivity in Kβ (Kα) XES stems from the exchange interaction between the unpaired 3p (2p) and the 3d electrons, which is greater for Kβ than for Kα. We present a thorough investigation of a large number of iron-bearing compounds. The experimental spectra were analyzed in terms of commonly used quantitative parameters (Kβ1,3-first moment, Kα1-full width at half-maximum, and integrated absolute difference -IAD-), and we carefully examined the difference spectra. Multiplet calculations were also performed to elucidate the underlying mechanisms that lead to the chemical sensitivity. Our results confirm a strong influence of covalency on both Kβ and Kα lines. We establish a reliable spin sensitivity of Kβ XES as it is dominated by the exchange interaction, whose variations can be quantified by either Kβ1,3-first moment or Kβ-IAD and result in a systematic difference signal line shape. We find an exception in the Kβ XES of Fe3+ and Fe2+ in water solution, where a new difference spectrum is identified that cannot be reproduced by scaling the exchange integrals. We explain this by strong differences in orbital mixing between the valence orbitals. This result calls for caution in the interpretation of Kβ XES spectral changes as due to spin variations without a careful analysis of the line shape. For Kα XES, the smaller exchange interaction and the influence of other electron-electron interactions make it difficult to extract a quantity that directly relates to the spin.
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- Sara Lafuerza
- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
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The key role of free radicals generated from activation of H2O2, S2O82− and ozone over chromium/cerium co-doped magnetite nanoparticles. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Zhou J, Zhang L, Huang YC, Dong CL, Lin HJ, Chen CT, Tjeng LH, Hu Z. Voltage- and time-dependent valence state transition in cobalt oxide catalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1984. [PMID: 32332788 PMCID: PMC7181785 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15925-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The ability to determine the electronic structure of catalysts during electrochemical reactions is highly important for identification of the active sites and the reaction mechanism. Here we successfully applied soft X-ray spectroscopy to follow in operando the valence and spin state of the Co ions in Li2Co2O4 under oxygen evolution reaction (OER) conditions. We have observed that a substantial fraction of the Co ions undergo a voltage-dependent and time-dependent valence state transition from Co3+ to Co4+ accompanied by spontaneous delithiation, whereas the edge-shared Co-O network and spin state of the Co ions remain unchanged. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the highly oxidized Co4+ site, rather than the Co3+ site or the oxygen vacancy site, is mainly responsible for the high OER activity.
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- Jing Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, 151 Yingzhuan Road, New Taipei City, 25137, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, 151 Yingzhuan Road, New Taipei City, 25137, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany.
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Zhu Y, Tahini HA, Hu Z, Chen ZG, Zhou W, Komarek AC, Lin Q, Lin HJ, Chen CT, Zhong Y, Fernández-Díaz MT, Smith SC, Wang H, Liu M, Shao Z. Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Creating Both Metal Ion and Lattice-Oxygen Active Sites in a Complex Oxide. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1905025. [PMID: 31713899 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Developing efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of paramount importance to many chemical and energy transformation technologies. The diversity and flexibility of metal oxides offer numerous degrees of freedom for enhancing catalytic activity by tailoring their physicochemical properties, but the active site of current metal oxides for OER is still limited to either metal ions or lattice oxygen. Here, a new complex oxide with unique hexagonal structure consisting of one honeycomb-like network, Ba4 Sr4 (Co0.8 Fe0.2 )4 O15 (hex-BSCF), is reported, demonstrating ultrahigh OER activity because both the tetrahedral Co ions and the octahedral oxygen ions on the surface are active, as confirmed by combined X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis and theoretical calculations. The bulk hex-BSCF material synthesized by the facile and scalable sol-gel method achieves 10 mA cm-2 at a low overpotential of only 340 mV (and small Tafel slope of 47 mV dec-1 ) in 0.1 m KOH, surpassing most metal oxides ever reported for OER, while maintaining excellent durability. This study opens up a new avenue to dramatically enhancing catalytic activity of metal oxides for other applications through rational design of structures with multiple active sites.
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- Yinlong Zhu
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nothnitzer Strasse 40, Dresden, 01187, Germany
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- Centre for Future Materials, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield, Queensland, 4300, Australia
- Materials Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nothnitzer Strasse 40, Dresden, 01187, Germany
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- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 101 Hsin-Ann Road, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
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- Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA
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- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 5 Xin Mofan Road, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 6845, Australia
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Asakura D, Nanba Y, Okubo M, Niwa H, Kiuchi H, Miyawaki J, Oshima M, Hosono E, Harada Y. Operando soft X-ray emission spectroscopy of the Fe 2O 3 anode to observe the conversion reaction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:26351-26357. [PMID: 31782415 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05036a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Drastic electronic-structure changes in an Fe2O3 thin film anode for a Li-ion battery during discharge (lithiation) and charge (delithiation) processes were observed using operando Fe 2p soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES). The conversion reaction forming metallic iron due to the lithiation reaction was confirmed by operando XES in combination with the analysis using full-multiplet calculation. The valence of Fe at the open-circuit voltage (OCV) before the second cycle was not Fe3+, but Fe2+ with a weak p-d hybridization, suggesting a considerable irreversibility upon the first discharge-charge cycle and a weakened Fe-O bond after the first cycle. Moreover, we revealed that the Fe 3d electronic-structure change during the second cycle was to some extent reversible as Fe2+ (2.7 V vs. Li/Li+: open circuit voltage) → Fe0 (0.1 V vs. Li/Li+: discharged) → Fe(2+δ)+ (3.0 V vs. Li/Li+: charged). This operando Fe 2p XES in combination with the full-multiplet calculation provides detailed information for redox chemistry during a discharge-charge operation that cannot be obtained by other methods such as crystal-structure and morphology analyses. XES is thus very powerful for investigating the origin and limitation of the lithiation function of anodes involving conversion reactions.
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- Daisuke Asakura
- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan.
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Asakura D, Nanba Y, Hosono E, Okubo M, Niwa H, Kiuchi H, Miyawaki J, Harada Y. Mn 2p resonant X-ray emission clarifies the redox reaction and charge-transfer effects in LiMn 2O 4. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:18363-18369. [PMID: 31403150 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp02604e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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High-energy-resolution soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) was applied to understand the changes in the electronic structure of LiMn2O4 upon Li-ion extraction/insertion. Mn 2p-3d-2p resonant XES spectra were analyzed by configuration-interaction full-multiplet (CIFM) calculations, which reproduced both dd and charge-transfer (CT) excitations. From the resonant XES spectra it is found that Mn3+ and Mn4+ coexist in the initial state, while this changes into Mn4+ in the charged-state. For the discharged-state, the Mn3+ component appears again although the dd excitations are slightly modified from those for the initial state. Furthermore, negative CT energy is expected for the Mn4+ configuration, which suggests very strong hybridization between the Mn 3d and O 2p orbitals. The large difference in the CT effect between the Mn4+ and Mn3+ states should give mechanical stress to the Mn-O bond during charge-discharge cycling, leading to capacity fading.
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- Daisuke Asakura
- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan.
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Majumder S, Basera P, Tripathi M, Choudhary RJ, Bhattacharya S, Bapna K, Phase DM. Elucidating the origin of magnetic ordering in ferroelectric BaTiO 3- d thin film via electronic structure modification. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:205001. [PMID: 30759426 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab06d5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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With the motive of unraveling the origin of native vacancy induced magnetization in ferroelectric perovskite oxide systems, here we explore the consequences of electronic structure modification in magnetic ordering of oxygen deficient epitaxial BaTiO[Formula: see text] thin films. Our adapted methodology employs state-of-the-art experimental approaches viz. photo-emission, photo-absorption spectroscopies, magnetometric measurements duly combined with first principles based theoretical methods within the frame work of density functional theory (DFT and DFT+U) calculations. Oxygen vacancy (O[Formula: see text]) is observed leading partial population of Ti 3d (t 2g ), which induces defect state in electronic structure near the Fermi level and reduces the band gap. The oxygen deficient BaTiO2.75 film reveals Mott-Hubbard insulator characteristic, in contrast to the band gap insulating nature of the stoichiometric BaTiO3. The observed magnetic ordering is attributed to the asymmetric distribution of spin polarized charge density in the vicinity of O[Formula: see text] site, which originates unequal magnetic moment values at first and second nearest neighboring Ti sites, respectively. Hereby, we present an exclusive method for maneuvering the band gap and on-site electron correlation energy with consequences on magnetic properties of BaTiO[Formula: see text] system, which can open a gateway for designing novel single phase multiferroic system.
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- Supriyo Majumder
- UGC DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore 452001, India
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Huang Z, Tan G, Chen C, Zhang WX, Wang X, Xi Z. Selective reduction of 1,5-diazacyclooctatetraenes: synthesis and structures of aromatic diazacyclooctatetraenyl dianions and a 2,6-bipyrrolinyl dianionic Co( ii) complex. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:2648-2651. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00075e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The first structurally well-defined aromatic 1,5-diazacyclooctatetraenyl dianion and a 2,6-bipyrrolinyl dianionic Co(ii) complex were obtained selectively via reduction of 1,5-diazacyclooctatetraenes.
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- Zhe Huang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210023
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS)
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
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Balasubramanian P, Joshi SR, Yadav R, de Groot FMF, Singh AK, Ray A, Gupta M, Singh A, Maurya S, Elizabeth S, Varma S, Maitra T, Malik V. Electronic structure of Pr 2MnNiO 6 from x-ray photoemission, absorption and density functional theory. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:435603. [PMID: 30215386 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aae168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The electronic structure of double perovskite Pr2MnNiO6 was studied using core x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The 2p x-ray absorption spectra show that Mn and Ni are in 4+ and 2+ states respectively. Based on charge transfer multiplet analysis of the 2p XPS spectra of both ions, we find charge transfer energies [Formula: see text] of 3.5 and 2.5 eV for Ni and Mn respectively. The ground state of Ni2+ and Mn4+ ions reveal a higher d electron count of 8.21 and 3.38 respectively as compared to the ionic values. The partial density of states clearly show a charge transfer character of the system for U - J [Formula: see text] 2 eV. The O 1s edge absorption spectra reveal a band gap of 0.9 eV, which is close to the value estimated from analysis of Ni and Mn 2p photoemission and absorption spectra. The combined analysis of nature of spectroscopic data and first principles calculations reveal that the material is a p - d type charge transfer insulator with an intermediate covalent character according to the Zannen-Sawatzy-Allen phase diagram.
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- Padmanabhan Balasubramanian
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of technology, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India. Institute of Physics, Bhubaneshwar-750012, India
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Rad TS, Khataee A, Rahim Pouran S. Synergistic enhancement in photocatalytic performance of Ce (IV) and Cr (III) co-substituted magnetite nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide sheets. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 528:248-262. [PMID: 29859450 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.05.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Effective utilization of visible-light by a photocatalyst is of great significance in photocatalytic processes. Herein, magnetite structure was modified by co-incorporation of Ce4+ and Cr3+ cations, and deposition on reduced graphene oxide sheets. The as-prepared Fe2.8Cr0.2O4#rGO and Fe2.5Cr0.2Ce0.3O4#rGO nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, SEM, X-ray Dot mapping, EDX, BET, DRS, XPS, FT-IR and VSM techniques and assessed for their photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation for treatment of methylene blue. The results confirmed the central role of the incorporated Cr and Ce in improving the photocatalytic performance of magnetite through enhanced light harvesting, and the role of Ce3+/Ce4+ redox pair, and rGO sheets in extending the life span of photo-induced e-/h+. Moreover, the influence of enhancers and scavengers were evaluated and oxidation path and generated byproducts were estimated. The results established the Fe2.5Cr0.2Ce0.3O4#rGO nanocomposite as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst for effective degradation of recalcitrant compounds.
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- Tannaz Sadeghi Rad
- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran.
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- Research Laboratory of Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, 51666-16471 Tabriz, Iran
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Asakura D, Nanba Y, Makinose Y, Matsuda H, Glans PA, Guo J, Hosono E. Large Charge-Transfer Energy in LiFePO 4 Revealed by Full-Multiplet Calculation for the Fe L 3 -edge Soft X-ray Emission Spectra. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:988-992. [PMID: 29388303 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We analyzed the Fe 3d electronic structure in LiFePO4 /FePO4 (LFP/FP) nanowire with a high cyclability by using soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) combined with configuration-interaction full-multiplet (CIFM) calculation. The ex situ Fe L2,3 -edge resonant XES (RXES) spectra for LFP and FP are ascribed to oxidation states of Fe2+ and Fe3+ , respectively. CIFM calculations for Fe2+ and Fe3+ states reproduced the Fe L3 RXES spectra for LFP and FP, respectively. In the calculations for both states, the charge-transfer energy was considerably larger than those for typical iron oxides, indicating very little electron transfer from the O 2p to Fe 3d orbitals and a weak hybridization on the Fe-O bond during the charge-discharge reactions.
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- Daisuke Asakura
- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan.,INAMORI Frontier Research Center, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan.,Present affiliation: Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsucho, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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Catalano S, Gibert M, Fowlie J, Íñiguez J, Triscone JM, Kreisel J. Rare-earth nickelates RNiO 3: thin films and heterostructures. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2018; 81:046501. [PMID: 29266004 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aaa37a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This review stands in the larger framework of functional materials by focussing on heterostructures of rare-earth nickelates, described by the chemical formula RNiO3 where R is a trivalent rare-earth R = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, …, Lu. Nickelates are characterized by a rich phase diagram of structural and physical properties and serve as a benchmark for the physics of phase transitions in correlated oxides where electron-lattice coupling plays a key role. Much of the recent interest in nickelates concerns heterostructures, that is single layers of thin film, multilayers or superlattices, with the general objective of modulating their physical properties through strain control, confinement or interface effects. We will discuss the extensive studies on nickelate heterostructures as well as outline different approaches to tuning and controlling their physical properties and, finally, review application concepts for future devices.
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- S Catalano
- DQMP, Université de Genève, 24 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Kim SY, Kim TY, Sandilands LJ, Sinn S, Lee MC, Son J, Lee S, Choi KY, Kim W, Park BG, Jeon C, Kim HD, Park CH, Park JG, Moon SJ, Noh TW. Charge-Spin Correlation in van der Waals Antiferromagnet NiPS_{3}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:136402. [PMID: 29694193 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.136402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Revised: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Strong charge-spin coupling is found in a layered transition-metal trichalcogenide NiPS_{3}, a van der Waals antiferromagnet, from studies of the electronic structure using several experimental and theoretical tools: spectroscopic ellipsometry, x-ray absorption, photoemission spectroscopy, and density functional calculations. NiPS_{3} displays an anomalous shift in the optical spectral weight at the magnetic ordering temperature, reflecting strong coupling between the electronic and magnetic structures. X-ray absorption, photoemission, and optical spectra support a self-doped ground state in NiPS_{3}. Our work demonstrates that layered transition-metal trichalcogenide magnets are useful candidates for the study of correlated-electron physics in two-dimensional magnetic materials.
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- So Yeun Kim
- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Theoretical Physics, SNU, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Nano-Surface Group, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon 34133, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Center for Theoretical Physics, SNU, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Favaro M, Yang J, Nappini S, Magnano E, Toma FM, Crumlin EJ, Yano J, Sharp ID. Understanding the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Mechanism on CoOx using Operando Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:8960-8970. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Marco Favaro
- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
- Joint
Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
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- Joint
Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
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- IOM-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area
Science Park Basovizza, s.s. 14 km 163, 5 Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- IOM-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area
Science Park Basovizza, s.s. 14 km 163, 5 Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Joint
Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
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- Joint
Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
- Molecular
Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Joint
Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States,
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Factors Controlling the Redox Activity of Oxygen in Perovskites: From Theory to Application for Catalytic Reactions. Catalysts 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/catal7050149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Wu M, Zheng JC, Wang HQ. Investigation of the multiplet structures and crystal field effects of a TiO6 3d
1 cluster based on configuration interaction calculations. J Appl Crystallogr 2017. [DOI: 10.1107/s160057671700334x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Configuration interaction cluster calculation can effectively reproduce the experimentally measured Ti L
23-edge absorption spectrum for the TiO6 cluster LaTiO3. A further investigation of the hybridization strength and charge-transfer energy effects on the multiplet structures suggests that LaTiO3 should be classified as an intermediate state between the charge-transfer and Mott–Hubbard regimes. Detailed temperature-dependent simulations of absorption spectra support the lifting of Ti t
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orbital degeneracy and crystal field splitting. The spin–orbit coupling scenario is ruled out, even though 3d spin–orbit coupling can reproduce the experimental spectrum without including temperature. A combined polarization- and crystal-field-splitting-dependent analysis indicates asymmetric ΔCF–orbital interactions for the TiO6 cluster [Ti3+:3d
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1)]. The orbital polarization is defined in terms of the normalized electron occupancies in orbitals with xy and xz(yz) symmetries, and nearly complete orbital polarization (more than 75%) is observed, indicating strongly reduced orbital fluctuations due to the correlation effects. This is consistent with the density of states for titanates based on local density approximation plus dynamical mean-field theory calculations.
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Simonelli L, Paris E, Iwai C, Miyoshi K, Takeuchi J, Mizokawa T, Saini NL. High resolution x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy of Li x CoO 2 single crystals as a function delithiation. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:105702. [PMID: 28145896 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa574d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The effect of delithiation in Li x CoO2 is studied by high resolution Co K-edge x-ray absorption and x-ray emission spectroscopy. Polarization dependence of the x-ray absorption spectra on single crystal samples is exploited to reveal information on the anisotropic electronic structure. We find that the electronic structure of Li x CoO2 is significantly affected by delithiation in which the Co ions oxidation state tending to change from 3+ to 4+. The Co intersite (intrasite) 4p-3d hybridization suffers a decrease (increase) by delithiation. The unoccupied 3d t 2g orbitals with a 1g symmetry, containing substantial O 2p character, hybridize isotropically with Co 4p orbitals and likely to have itinerant character unlike anisotropically hybridized 3d e g orbitals. Such a peculiar electronic structure could have significant effect on the mobility of Li in Li x CoO2 cathode and hence the battery characteristics.
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- L Simonelli
- CELLS-ALBA, Carretera BP 1413, de Cerdanyola del Valles a Sant Cugat del Valles, Km. 3,3 08290 Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, Spain. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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Danopoulos AA, Braunstein P, Monakhov KY, van Leusen J, Kögerler P, Clémancey M, Latour JM, Benayad A, Tromp M, Rezabal E, Frison G. Heteroleptic, two-coordinate [M(NHC){N(SiMe 3) 2}] (M = Co, Fe) complexes: synthesis, reactivity and magnetism rationalized by an unexpected metal oxidation state. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:1163-1171. [PMID: 28054058 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt03565e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The linear, two-coordinate and isostructural heteroleptic [M(IPr){N(SiMe3)2}] (IPr = 1,3-bis(diisopropylphenyl)-imidazol-2-ylidene), formally MI complexes (M = Co, 3; Fe, 4) were obtained by the reduction of [M(IPr)Cl{N(SiMe3)2}] with KC8, or [Co(IPr){N(SiMe3)2}2] with mes*PH2, mes* = 2,4,6-tBu3C6H2. The magnetism of 3 and 4 implies CoII and FeII centres coupled to one ligand-delocalized electron, in line with XPS and XANES data; the ac susceptibility of 4 detected a pronounced frequency dependence due to slow magnetization relaxation. Reduction of [Fe(IPr)Cl{N(SiMe3)2}] with excess KC8 in toluene gave the heteronuclear 'inverse-sandwich' Fe-K complex 7, featuring η6-toluene sandwiched between one Fe0 and one K+ centre.
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- Andreas A Danopoulos
- Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), Université de Strasbourg, 67081 Strasbourg Cedex, France. and Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, CHIMIE UMR 7177, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Institut de Chimie, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67081 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, CHIMIE UMR 7177, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Institut de Chimie, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67081 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany. and Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA-FIT) and Peter Grünberg Institute 6, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Equipe de Physicochimie des Métaux en Biologie, UMR 5249 CNRS/CEA-DRF-BIG/Université Grenoble-Alpes, 17 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble 38054, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Equipe de Physicochimie des Métaux en Biologie, UMR 5249 CNRS/CEA-DRF-BIG/Université Grenoble-Alpes, 17 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble 38054, France
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- CEA/DRT/LITEN/DTNM/SEN/L2N, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, Sustainable Materials Characterisation, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LCM, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- LCM, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Azhar M, Mostovoy M. Incommensurate Spiral Order from Double-Exchange Interactions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:027203. [PMID: 28128593 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.027203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The double-exchange model describing interactions of itinerant electrons with localized spins is usually used to explain ferromagnetism in metals. We show that for a variety of crystal lattices of different dimensionalities and for a wide range of model parameters, the ferromagnetic state is unstable against a noncollinear spiral magnetic order. We revisit the phase diagram of the double-exchange model on a triangular lattice and show in a large part of the diagram the incommensurate spiral state has a lower energy than the previously discussed commensurate states. These results indicate that double-exchange systems are inherently frustrated and can host unconventional spin orders.
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- Maria Azhar
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Daniel Q, Ambre RB, Zhang B, Philippe B, Chen H, Li F, Fan K, Ahmadi S, Rensmo H, Sun L. Re-Investigation of Cobalt Porphyrin for Electrochemical Water Oxidation on FTO Surface: Formation of CoOx as Active Species. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Quentin Daniel
- Department
of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- State
Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research
Center on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), 116024 Dalian, China
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Gostynski R, Conradie J, Erasmus E. Significance of the electron-density of molecular fragments on the properties of manganese(iii) β-diketonato complexes: an XPS and DFT study. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra04921h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The group electronegativity of the R-groups of the ligand influences the XPS binding energies and the amount of charge transferred in the Mn 2p3/2 photoelectron lines. DFT studies illustrated different Jahn–Teller elongation bond stretch isomers.
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- Roxanne Gostynski
- Department of Chemistry
- University of the Free State
- Bloemfontein
- South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of the Free State
- Bloemfontein
- South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of the Free State
- Bloemfontein
- South Africa
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Asakura D, Hosono E, Okubo M, Nanba Y, Zhou H, Glans PA, Guo J. Correlation between the O 2p Orbital and Redox Reaction in LiMn 0.6 Fe 0.4 PO 4 Nanowires Studied by Soft X-ray Absorption. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:4110-4115. [PMID: 27749988 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The changes in the electronic structure of LiMn0.6 Fe0.4 PO4 nanowires during discharge processes were investigated by using ex situ soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The Fe L-edge X-ray absorption spectrum attributes the potential plateau at 3.45 V versus Li/Li+ of the discharge curve to a reduction of Fe3+ to Fe2+ . The Mn L-edge X-ray absorption spectra exhibit the Mn2+ multiplet structure throughout the discharge process, and the crystal-field splitting was slightly enhanced upon full discharge. The configuration-interaction full-multiplet calculation for the X-ray absorption spectra reveals that the charge-transfer effect from O 2p to Mn 3d orbitals should be considerably small, unlike that from the O 2p to Fe 3d orbitals. Instead, the O K-edge X-ray absorption spectrum shows a clear spectral change during the discharge process, suggesting that the hybridization of O 2p orbitals with Fe 3d orbitals contributes essentially to the reduction.
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- Daisuke Asakura
- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan.,Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan.,INAMORI Frontier Research Center, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Research Institute for Energy Conservation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS6R2100, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, MS6R2100, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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Krzton-Maziopa A, Svitlyk V, Pomjakushina E, Puzniak R, Conder K. Superconductivity in alkali metal intercalated iron selenides. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2016; 28:293002. [PMID: 27248118 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/29/293002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Alkali metal intercalated iron selenide superconductors A x Fe2-y Se2 (where A = K, Rb, Cs, Tl/K, and Tl/Rb) are characterized by several unique properties, which were not revealed in other superconducting materials. The compounds crystallize in overall simple layered structure with FeSe layers intercalated with alkali metal. The structure turned out to be pretty complex as the existing Fe-vacancies order below ~550 K, which further leads to an antiferromagnetic ordering with Néel temperature fairly above room temperature. At even lower temperatures a phase separation is observed. While one of these phases stays magnetic down to the lowest temperatures the second is becoming superconducting below ~30 K. All these effects give rise to complex relationships between the structure, magnetism and superconductivity. In particular the iron vacancy ordering, linked with a long-range magnetic order and a mesoscopic phase separation, is assumed to be an intrinsic property of the system. Since the discovery of superconductivity in those compounds in 2010 they were investigated very extensively. Results of the studies conducted using a variety of experimental techniques and performed during the last five years were published in hundreds of reports. The present paper reviews scientific work concerning methods of synthesis and crystal growth, structural and superconducting properties as well as pressure investigations.
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- A Krzton-Maziopa
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, PL-00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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Doubaji S, Philippe B, Saadoune I, Gorgoi M, Gustafsson T, Solhy A, Valvo M, Rensmo H, Edström K. Passivation Layer and Cathodic Redox Reactions in Sodium-Ion Batteries Probed by HAXPES. CHEMSUSCHEM 2016; 9:97-108. [PMID: 26692568 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201501282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The cathode material P2-Nax Co2/3 Mn2/9 Ni1/9 O2, which could be used in Na-ion batteries, was investigated through synchrotron-based hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES). Nondestructive analysis was made through the electrode/electrolyte interface of the first electrochemical cycle to ensure access to information not only on the active material, but also on the passivation layer formed at the electrode surface and referred to as the solid permeable interface (SPI). This investigation clearly shows the role of the SPI and the complexity of the redox reactions. Cobalt, nickel, and manganese are all electrochemically active upon cycling between 4.5 and 2.0 V; all are in the 4+ state at the end of charging. Reduction to Co(3+), Ni(3+), and Mn(3+) occurs upon discharging and, at low potential, there is partial reversible reduction to Co(2+) and Ni(2+). A thin layer of Na2 CO3 and NaF covers the pristine electrode and reversible dissolution/reformation of these compounds is observed during the first cycle. The salt degradation products in the SPI show a dependence on potential. Phosphates mainly form at the end of the charging cycle (4.5 V), whereas fluorophosphates are produced at the end of discharging (2.0 V).
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- Siham Doubaji
- LCME, FST Marrakesh, University Cadi Ayyad, Av. Abdelkrim Khattabi, Box 511, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- LCME, FST Marrakesh, University Cadi Ayyad, Av. Abdelkrim Khattabi, Box 511, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco
- Center for Advanced Materials, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Lot 660-Hay Moulay Rachid, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert Einstein Strasse 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 721 21, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Center for Advanced Materials, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Lot 660-Hay Moulay Rachid, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- Department Of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 721 21, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department Of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, 721 21, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Zhang Z, Chen Z, Wang G, Ren H, Pan M, Xiao L, Wu K, Zhao L, Yang J, Wu Q, Shu J, Wang D, Zhang H, Huo N, Li J. Dual-doping to suppress cracking in spinel LiMn2O4: a joint theoretical and experimental study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:6893-900. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07182h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bonding Layout (purple line) of Mn3+ (green balls) results in different unit cells (blue box), correlating to distinct cracking tendency in long-term charging-discharging cycling.
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Du J, Xia C, Xiong W, Zhao X, Wang T, Jia Y. Tuning the electronic structures and magnetism of two-dimensional porous C2N via transition metal embedding. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:22678-86. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03210a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Based on first-principles calculations, the electronic structures and magnetism are investigated in 3d transition metal (TM)-embedded porous two-dimensional (2D) C2N monolayers.
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- Juan Du
- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- School of Physics and Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- China
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Xiong W, Xia C, Wang T, Du J, Peng Y, Zhao X, Jia Y. Tuning electronic structures of the stanene monolayer via defects and transition-metal-embedding: spin–orbit coupling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:28759-28766. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04794g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The magnetic moments of a transition metal embedded into single and double vacancies of stanene nanosheets.
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- Wenqi Xiong
- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- Department of Physics
- University of Texas at Arlington
- Arlington
- USA
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- Department of Physics
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang
- China
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- School of Physics and Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450052
- China
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