Cobalt--zinc molybdates as new blue pigments involving Co<sup>2+</sup> in distorted trigonal bipyramids and octahedra
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Chemistry of Materials. 2011, vol. 23, n° 9, p. 2419-2427
American Chemical Society
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Zn<sub>1-<i>x</i></sub>Co<sub><i>x</i></sub>MoO<sub>4</sub> (<i>x</i> < 0.3) compounds prepared by the solid-state route crystallize in a triclinic unit cell with the <i>P</i>t space group. X-ray diffraction and Rietveld ...Lire la suite >
Zn<sub>1-<i>x</i></sub>Co<sub><i>x</i></sub>MoO<sub>4</sub> (<i>x</i> < 0.3) compounds prepared by the solid-state route crystallize in a triclinic unit cell with the <i>P</i>t space group. X-ray diffraction and Rietveld analyses reveal the occurrence of three highly distorted sites with equal occupancies corresponding to one trigonal bipyramidal CoO<sub>5</sub> group and two octahedral CoO<sub>6</sub> groups occupied by either Zn<sup>2+</sup> or Co<sup>2+</sup>. Mo<sup>6+</sup> ions are located in distorted tetrahedral sites. Electron paramagnetic resonance analysis allows characterization of the two kinds of environments with orthorhombic distortion related to two signals with different <i>g</i> values. The UV-vis spectra exhibit intense Co<sup>2+</sup> d-d transitions associated with CoO<sub>5</sub> and CoO<sub>6</sub> chromophores between 1.9 and 2.6 eV in the visible domain and O-Mo charge transfer at the frontier between the UV and visible ranges. A blue-transmitted window can then be displayed. The formation of covalent MoO<sub>4</sub> entities and polarizable Zn<sup>2+</sup> cations creating highly distorted noncentrosymmetric sites partially occupied by Co<sup>2+</sup> allows stabilization of the first blue pigment without Co<sup>2+</sup> in the tetrahedral environment. Moreover, only 5-10% cobalt is necessary to get a strong blue hue because of the highly distorted sites leading to very important oscillator strengths.< Réduire
Mots clés
Cobalt
Molybdates
Structure
Local environments
d−d transitions
Blue pigment
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