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Title: Kinetic and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Analysis of Catalytic Redox Cycles over Highly Uniform Polymetal Oxo Clusters

Journal Article · · ACS Catalysis

Metal–organic framework materials (MOFs) offer an opportunity for investigating catalytic properties of polymetal oxo clusters that are highly well defined and uniform in nature, in contrast to other classes of catalysts that may exhibit a propensity toward active site heterogeneity. We report herein a kinetic and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) analysis of the two-electron oxidation of CO over divalent metal sites in MIL-100(M = Fe, Cr) (MIL = Materials of Institut Lavoisier) materials carrying μ3-oxo bridged trimers, and connect observations about the kinetic relevance of redox steps to density functional theory (DFT) predictions published previously. The high degree of uniformity evident from in situ titration measurements leads to a congruence in mechanistic inferences made from steady-state catalytic, transient stoichiometric, isotopic exchange, and isotopic tracer data that all point to a sequential mechanism comprised of separate oxidation and reduction half-cycle steps conjoined by an active oxygen intermediate. In situ XAS data reinforce mechanistic conclusions derived from kinetic analysis, and suggest that the active oxygen intermediate may be more appropriately characterized as an iron-oxyl (Fe3+–O) rather than an iron-oxo (Fe4+=O2–) species. The Cr analogue of MIL-100 exhibits contrasting rate features that can be rationalized using an identical sequence of steps as MIL-100(Fe), but with a highly dissimilar set of kinetic parameters that can also be validated using transient stoichiometric experiments. The larger coverages of active oxygen intermediates on MIL-100(Cr) are consistent with predictions from prior DFT studies that suggest more stable and less reactive active oxygen species for metals with lower d-electron counts, and point to metal identity as a lever for precisely controlling the kinetic relevance of oxidation and reduction half-cycles in catalytic redox sequences over polymetal oxo clusters. Importantly, the results presented point to the utility of developing broadly applicable structure–catalytic property relationships over MOF nodes specifically, and highly uniform catalysts more generally.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists (WDTS); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; SC0014664
OSTI ID:
2290268
Journal Information:
ACS Catalysis, Vol. 13, Issue 8; ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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