Abstract
The speciation of vanadium doped into anatase particles of 50-90 Angstrom diameter has been studied by a variety of techniques including solid state V-51 NMR, EPR, XPS and Raman spectroscopy. EPR spectra of V-doped anatase are extremely complex showing up to five different V4+ centres (species A-E). Partial spin Hamiltonian parameters for these species have been determined and ascribed to interstitial (species A) and substitutional V4+ (species B-D), as well as surface V4+-rich clusters (species E). Solid state V-51 NMR also shows the presence of several V5+ species that exhibit both tetrahedral and octahedral coordination and which are attributed to structural and residual surface V5+. It is shown by NMR, Raman spectroscopy and XPS that the dissolution of this residual surface vanadium component into the anatase structure becomes increasingly difficult as the vanadium concentration increases.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2195-2202 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Jun 1997 |
Keywords
- solid-state NMR
- oxide catalysts
- TIO2 particles
- colloids
- rutile
- water