Issue 12, 2017, Issue in Progress

Two new molybdates based on [MonO3n+1]2− units (n = 11, 4) with proton conduction under ionothermal

Abstract

Two new hybrid organic–inorganic molybdates have been synthesized under ionothermal conditions, namely (H4C3N2(C6H4N)2N2C3H4)2/[Mo11O34]·H2O (1), and (H6C5N(CH2)3NC5H6)1/[Mo4O13] (2), which were based on layered and chained [MonO3n+1]2− (n = 11, 4) blocks and two different sizes of organoammonium dications bis-(4-imidazol-1-yl-phenyl)-diazene and 1,3-di-(4-pyridyl)-propane (+HL1H+ and +HL2H+), respectively. The 2/[Mo11O34]2− and 1/[Mo4O13]2− units in 1 and 2 are unprecedented members of the [MonO3n+1]2− family with the new n value extended to 11 and 4, whose structure is similar with the [MoO3] slabs in α-MoO3. Single crystal X-ray analysis shows that the [MonO3n+1]2− layers and chains in 1 and 2 are pillared in the three-dimensional (3D) networks by the organic dications, while the two connections at the organic–inorganic interface are similar. At the same time, the different [MonO3n+1]2− blocks (n = 11, 4) in hybrid organic–inorganic layered and chained molybdate materials are clearly evidenced by the efficient Raman spectroscopy. Moreover, the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements of 1 show a high conductivity (2.3 × 10−4 S cm−1 at 75 °C and 90% relative humidity), with an activation energy of 0.45 eV for proton conduction. The mechanism of proton conduction for this molybdate material is proved to be Vehicular mechanism.

Graphical abstract: Two new molybdates based on ∞[MonO3n+1]2− units (n = 11, 4) with proton conduction under ionothermal

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Nov 2016
Accepted
15 Jan 2017
First published
23 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 7210-7216

Two new molybdates based on [MonO3n+1]2− units (n = 11, 4) with proton conduction under ionothermal

Y. H. Zhao, X. C. Jin, L. Chen, Y. F. Ding, Z. Mao, H. Fu and Y. H. Ao, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 7210 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA26729G

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