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Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metal Oxide Structures: Zinc Oxide Rods
Published on: September 14, 2017
The reaction between ZnO and molten Na2S2O7 or K2S2O7 forming Na2Zn(SO4)2 orK2Zn(SO4)2, studied by Raman spectroscopy
1Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. RWB@kemi.dtu.dk
Abstract:
Reactions between solid zinc oxide and molten sodium or potassium pyrosulfates at 500 degrees C are shown by Raman spectroscopy to be 1:1 reactions leading to solutions. By lowering the temperature of the solution melts, colorless crystals form. Raman spectra of the crystals are given and tentatively assigned. Crystal structures of the monoclinic salts at room temperature are given. Na(2)Zn(SO(4))(2): space group = P2/n (No. 13), Z = 8, a = 8.648(3) Angstroms, b = 10.323(3) Angstroms, c = 15.103(5) Angstroms, beta = 90.879(6) degrees, and wR(2) = 0.0945 for 2748 independent reflections. K(2)Zn(SO(4))(2): space group = P2(1)/n (No.14), Z = 4, a = 5.3582(11) Angstroms, b = 8.7653(18) Angstroms, c = 16.152(3) Angstroms, beta = 91.78(3) degrees , and wR(2) = 0.0758 for 1930 independent reflections. In both compounds, zinc is nearly perfectly trigonally bipyramidal, coordinated to five oxygen atoms, with Zn-O bond lengths ranging from 1.99 to 2.15 Angstroms, equatorial bonds being slightly shorter on the average. The O-Zn-O angles are approximately 90 degrees and 120 degrees . The sulfate groups connect adjacent Zn(2+) ions, forming complicated three-dimensional networks. All oxygen atoms belong to nearly perfect tetrahedral SO(4)(2-) groups, bound to zinc. No oxygen atom is terminally bound to zinc; all zinc oxygens are further connected to sulfur atoms (Zn-O-S bridging). In both structures, some oxygen atoms are uniquely bound to certain S atoms. The sulfate group tetrahedra have quite short (1.42-1.45 Angstroms) terminal S-O bonds in comparison to the longer (1.46-1.50 Angstroms) Zn-bridging S-O bonds. The Na(+) or K(+) ions adopt positions between the ZnO(5) hexahedra and the SO(4) tetrahedra, completing the three-dimensional network of the M(2)Zn(SO(4))(2) structures. Bond distances and angles compare well with literature values. Empirical correlations between S-O bond distances and average O-S-O bond angles follow a previously found trend.
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