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Reactivity, Formation, and Solubility of Polyoxometalates Probed by Calorimetry

  • Hrafn Traustason
  • , Nicola L. Bell
  • , Kiana Caranto
  • , David C. Auld
  • , David T. Lockey
  • , Alex Kokot
  • , Jennifer E.S. Szymanowski
  • , Leroy Cronin
  • , Peter C. Burns

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Abstract

Room temperature calorimetry methods were developed to describe the energy landscapes of six polyoxometalates (POMs), Li-U24, Li-U28, K-U28, Li/K-U60, Mo132, and Mo154, in terms of three components: enthalpy of dissolution (ΔHdiss), enthalpy of formation of aqueous POMs (ΔHf,(aq)), and enthalpy of formation of POM crystals (ΔHf,(c)). ΔHdiss is controlled by a combination of cation solvation enthalpy and the favorability of cation interactions with binding sites on the POM. In the case of the four uranyl peroxide POMs studied, clusters with hydroxide bridges have lower ΔHf,(aq) and are more stable than those containing only peroxide bridges. In general for POMs, the combination of calorimetric results and synthetic observations suggest that spherical topologies may be more stable than wheel-like clusters, and ΔHf,(aq) can be accurately estimated using only ΔHf,(c) values owing to the dominance of the clusters in determining the energetics of POM crystals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20463-20469
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume142
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, under Award No. DE-NA0003763. This work was supported by LCs EPSRC grants (No. EP/J015156/1; EP/L023652/1; EP/I033459/1; EP/J015156/1; EP/K023004/1; and EP/L023652/1) and the ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-ADG, 670467 SMART-POM). The Material Characterization Facility of the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame provided thermogravimetric analysis instrumentation.

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