Hetero tri metallic Precursor with 2:2:1 Metal Ratio Requiring at Least a Pentanuclear Molecular Assembly
Hetero tri metallic Precursor with 2:2:1 Metal Ratio Requiring at Least a Pentanuclear Molecular Assembly
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DOI:
10.1021/jacs.0c05139
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发表时间:
2020-07-22
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15
通讯作者:
Dikarev, Evgeny, V
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作者:
Han, Haixiang;Carozza, Jesse C.;Dikarev, Evgeny, V
This work represents an important step in the quest to make heteromultimetallic molecules featuring specific metal types and complicated metal ratios. The rational design, synthesis, and characterization of a complex heterotrimetallic single-source molecular precursor for the next generation sodium-ion battery cathode material, Na2Mn2FeO6, is described. A unique pentametallic platform [Mn-II(ptac)(3)-Na-Mn-III(acac)(3)-Na-Mn-II(ptac)(3)] (1) was derived from the known polymeric structure of [NaMnII(acac)(3)](infinity), through a series of elaborate design procedures, such as mixed-ligand, unsymmetric ligand, and mixed-valent approaches. Importantly, the application of those techniques results in a molecule with distinctively different transition metal positions in terms of ligand environment and oxidation states. An isovalent substitution of Fe-III for the central Mn-III ion forms the target heterotrimetallic precursor [Mn-II(ptac)(3)-Na-Fe-III(acac)(3)-Na-Mn-II(ptac)(3)] (3) with an appropriate metal ratio of Na:Mn:Fe = 2:2:1. The arrangement of metal ions and ligands in this pentametallic assembly was confirmed by single crystal X-ray investigation. The unambiguous assignment of the positions and oxidation states of the Periodic Table neighbors Fe and Mn in 3 has been achieved by a combination of investigative techniques that include synchrotron resonant diffraction, X-ray multiwavelength anomalous diffraction, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, Mossbauer spectroscopy, and gas-phase DART mass spectrometry. The heterotrimetallic single-source precursor 3 was shown to exhibit a clean decomposition pattern yielding the phase-pure P2-Na2Mn2FeO6 quaternary oxide with high uniformity of metal ion distribution as confirmed by electron microscopy.