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Chapter 3 53<br />

3.2.2 Investigation on the Ru oxidation state and porosity of Ru-MOF 5<br />

To get more information on the oxidation state of Ru-centers in the obtained sample 5,<br />

XANES spectra on sample 5, Ru II,III -BTC 1, used Ru-precursors (SBU-a and -e) and RuCl3<br />

were subsequently recorded. Due to the differences in position of edge jump different<br />

valences of Ru, the oxidation state of Ru-centers in the MOF structure can be concluded<br />

from the position of the highest peak in the plot of derivative normalized absorption vs.<br />

energy. As illustrated by the Figure 3.20, Ru II,III -BTC 1 shows an edge jump position<br />

between RuCl3 and its starting precursor SBU-a, indicating its mixed valence state, as<br />

documented earlier. [82] To remark, only Ru II was found in the SBU-e. [207] Thus, the same<br />

edge jump position observed in the XANES spectra of the sample 5 suggests the presence<br />

of Ru II -center in the framework structure (Figure 3.20). Consequently, the obtained solid<br />

5 should feature the exact Ru2-PWs as that in HKUST-1 without any counter-ions around.<br />

In the fact, EA results do not reveal the presence of any Cl in the sample Ru-MOF 5, ruling<br />

out the existence of Cl - and RuCl3 in both SBU-e employed during the synthesis and the<br />

obtained solid Ru-MOF 5. A formula of [Ru3(BTC)2]n∙(AcOH)2.3 match well with the<br />

obtained EA results, which could be another sign of the absence of counter-ions. In<br />

comparison with Ru II,III -BTC (1-4) described in Chapter 3.1, the obtained framework turns<br />

to be simpler in the absence any counter-ions, although the presence of acetic acid cannot<br />

be avoided. Furthermore, N2 sorption isotherms collected at 77 K for Ru-MOF 5<br />

demonstrate type I isotherm (Figure 3.21), indicating the microporosity of this material.<br />

Given the greater bulk density of Ru-BTC than Cu-BTC and in order to have a better<br />

comparison with HKUST-1, SBET is calculated in the unit of m 2 /mmol. Thus, SBET of Ru-MOF<br />

5 amounts to 1173 m 2 /mmol, which is quite comparable with the reported value of Cu-<br />

BTC (1049 m 2 /mmol), [83] indicating the same accessibility of Ru-centers as Cu-sites.<br />

Moreover, the axial positions of the diruthemium PW units in the synthesized Ru II,II -BTC<br />

(5) are expected to be open compared to the Ru II,III -BTC, where the presence of counterions<br />

(Cl - , OH - , AcO - ) is needed to balance the charge of [Ru2] 5+ units. The considerably<br />

higher BET surface area (SBET) of Ru II,II -BTC 5 (1371 m 2 /g) than that respective values<br />

reported for Ru II,III -BTC (704-1180 m 2 /g) [82-83, 138, 208] further supports an assumption on<br />

availability of Ru-CUSs in Ru II,II -BTC 5.

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