title: Preparation and Study of Decavanadate-Pillared Hydrotalcite-like Anionic Clays Containing Cobalt and Chromium.
abstract: Hydrotalcite-like compounds containing Co(II) and Cr(III) in the brucite-like layers have been prepared. The interlayer anion was carbonate or decavanadate. The chemical formulas of the samples are [Co(0.65)Cr(0.35)(OH)(2)] (CO(3))(0.175).1.22H(2)O (sample CoCrC) and [Co(0.61)Cr(0.39)(OH)(2)](V(10)O(28))(0.065).1.35H(2)O (sample CoCrV). The compounds have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, XAS, vis-UV, FT-IR, and Raman spectroscopies, while the surface textures were assessed by nitrogen adsorption. Reducibility has been studied by temperature-programmed reduction. A similar characterization study has been carried out on samples obtained after calcination of the parent samples in air at increasing temperatures. Results indicate an ordered structure, with Co(II) and Cr(III) ions in octahedral holes of the brucite-like layers and, in CoCrV, decavanadate species with its main C(2) axis parallel to the layers. Thermal decomposition at increasing temperatures takes place, for CoCrC, through intermediate formation of Cr(VI) species, which are again reduced to Cr(III) at higher temperatures; simultaneously, Co(II) is oxidized to Co(III) (even at 673 K), thus leading to formation of Co(II)Co(III)Cr(III)O(4). However, decomposition of CoCrV takes place through partial depolymerization of decavanadate species and formation of Co(II)Cr(2)O(4) and Co(II)(2)V(2)O(7), without intermediate formation of Cr(VI) species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, and Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Centro Mixto CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: M.
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Arco
authors.forename: M. V. G.
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Galiano
authors.forename: V.
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rives
authors.forename: R.
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trujillano
authors.forename: P.
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malet