Molecular structure and thermal stability of the oxide-supported phosphotungstic Wells-Dawson heteropolyacid.
We present, for the first time in the literature, a systematic study of the molecular structure of the Wells-Dawson heteropolyacid H6P2W18O62·24H2O (HPA) dispersed on TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2 and Al2O3. The heteropolyacid-based materials were synthesized through a conventional impregnation method (in aqueous and ethanol media) at a loading that corresponds to the theoretical "monolayer" coverage (dispersion limit loading). The combination of Raman and infrared studies demonstrates the presence of crystals of HPA (regardless of the nature of the medium used during the synthesis) suggesting that the dispersion limit loading was greatly exceeded. In situ temperature programmed spectroscopy analyses demonstrated that the Raman shift of the distinctive W[double bond, length as m-dash]O Raman mode of the phosphotungstic Wells-Dawson heteropolyacid is sensitive to the local environment, that is, the amount of water molecules associated with the structure. Moreover, the aqueous based species associated with such structures are recognizable through infrared spectroscopy.
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas-Dr Jorge J. Ronco, CINDECA-CCT La Plata-CONICET, Calle 47 No 257, La Plata, Buenos Aires B1900AJK, Argentina. briand@quimica.unlp.edu.ar.
Silvana R
SR
Matkovic
Sebastián E
SE
Collins
Adrián L
AL
Bonivardi
Miguel A
MA
Bañares
Laura E
LE
Briand