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Published on: April 12, 2018
Solid-state magnetic switching triggered by proton-coupled electron-transfer assisted by long-distance proton-alkali
Pauline Higel1, Françoise Villain, Michel Verdaguer
1Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire, Université Pierre et Marie Curie , UMR CNRS 8232, Case 42, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
Abstract:
Acidity of water molecules coordinated to Co ions in CoFe Prussian blue analogues (PBA) has been used to reversibly activate the Co(III)Fe(II) ↔ Co(II)Fe(III) electron transfer. The study of the structure and the electronic structure shows that the process implies an original PCET reaction between a solid-state porous coordination polymer and hydroxide ions in solution. The PCET reaction spreads throughout the solid network thanks to a long-range H(+) and Rb(+) transport within the pore channels of PBA taking advantage of the hydrogen-bonding network of zeolitic water molecules acting as proton wires.
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