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Bimetallic hexanuclear clusters in Ce/Zr-UiO-66 MOFs: in situ FTIR spectroscopy and modelling insights
Cesare Atzori1, Kirill A Lomachenko, Jannick Jacobsen
1Department of Chemistry, NIS and INSTM Reference Centre, Università di Torino, Via G. Quarello 15, I-10135 and Via P. Giuria 7, I-10125 Torino, Italy. cesare.atzori@unito.it.
Abstract:
In situ FTIR spectroscopy in combination with results from DFT calculations was used to determine the composition of mixed-metal clusters {CexZr6-x(μ3-O)4(μ3-OH)4} in Ce/Zr-UiO-66 compounds. Detailed, quantitative evaluation of vibrational bands ν(OH) of (μ3-OH)CexZr3-x groups allowed us to distinguish between two possible models: a solid solution or the presence of distinct clusters. This relatively straightfoward method should be also transferable to other mixed-metal metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
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