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Title: Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions: Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions

Abstract

A systematic investigation of uranyl borates under different synthetic conditions resulted in five new 2D compounds, namely, (H3O)[(UO2)(BO3)], Li[(UO2)(BO3)]·(H2O), α-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4], β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] and K2.5[(UO2)5(BO3)2O2.5(OH)1.5]·(H2O)2.5. (H3O)[(UO2)(BO3)] and Li[(UO2)(BO3)]·(H2O) were obtained from hydrothermal reactions at 220 °C using the same mineralizer. Both materials possess the uranophane sheet topology with different symmetry of the unit cells. In the structure of (H3O)[(UO2)(BO3)] and Li[(UO2)(BO3)]·(H2O), UO7 pentagonal bipyramids share edges and vertexes with four BO3 planar triangles. α-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] and β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] are polytypes. α-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] was synthesized from a high-temperature solid-state reaction under ambient pressure; whereas β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] was obtained from a high-temperature/high-pressure (HT/HP) reaction. Both structures have an identical anion topology, but β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] crystallizes in space group with higher symmetry. In K2.5[(UO2)5(BO3)2O2.5(OH)1.5]·(H2O)2.5, which was obtained from a hydrothermal reaction, UO7 polyhedra share vertexes and edges with two independent BO3 triangles, forming the most complex uranyl borate layers among all five compounds. The different synthetic routes, novel topologies, thermal behavior and Raman spectra are discussed.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Hefei Univ. (China)
  2. Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany). Inst. for Energy and Climate Research (IEK)
  3. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  4. Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Jiangsu (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Actinide Science & Technology (CAST)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1767535
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0016568
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2020; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-1948
Publisher:
ChemPubSoc Europe
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; nuclear; defects; mechanical behavior; corrosion; charge transport; superconductivity; magnetism and spin physics; separations; geophysics/geochemistry; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); synthesis (predictive); synthesis (scalable processing)

Citation Formats

Hao, Yucheng, Kegler, Philip, Albrecht-Schmitt, Thomas E., Wang, Shuao, Dong, Qiang, and Alekseev, Evgeny V. Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions: Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/ejic.201901239.
Hao, Yucheng, Kegler, Philip, Albrecht-Schmitt, Thomas E., Wang, Shuao, Dong, Qiang, & Alekseev, Evgeny V. Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions: Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201901239
Hao, Yucheng, Kegler, Philip, Albrecht-Schmitt, Thomas E., Wang, Shuao, Dong, Qiang, and Alekseev, Evgeny V. Wed . "Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions: Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201901239. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1767535.
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title = {Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions: Two-Dimensional Uranyl Borates: From Conventional to Extreme Synthetic Conditions},
author = {Hao, Yucheng and Kegler, Philip and Albrecht-Schmitt, Thomas E. and Wang, Shuao and Dong, Qiang and Alekseev, Evgeny V.},
abstractNote = {A systematic investigation of uranyl borates under different synthetic conditions resulted in five new 2D compounds, namely, (H3O)[(UO2)(BO3)], Li[(UO2)(BO3)]·(H2O), α-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4], β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] and K2.5[(UO2)5(BO3)2O2.5(OH)1.5]·(H2O)2.5. (H3O)[(UO2)(BO3)] and Li[(UO2)(BO3)]·(H2O) were obtained from hydrothermal reactions at 220 °C using the same mineralizer. Both materials possess the uranophane sheet topology with different symmetry of the unit cells. In the structure of (H3O)[(UO2)(BO3)] and Li[(UO2)(BO3)]·(H2O), UO7 pentagonal bipyramids share edges and vertexes with four BO3 planar triangles. α-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] and β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] are polytypes. α-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] was synthesized from a high-temperature solid-state reaction under ambient pressure; whereas β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] was obtained from a high-temperature/high-pressure (HT/HP) reaction. Both structures have an identical anion topology, but β-K4[(UO2)5(BO3)2O4] crystallizes in space group with higher symmetry. In K2.5[(UO2)5(BO3)2O2.5(OH)1.5]·(H2O)2.5, which was obtained from a hydrothermal reaction, UO7 polyhedra share vertexes and edges with two independent BO3 triangles, forming the most complex uranyl borate layers among all five compounds. The different synthetic routes, novel topologies, thermal behavior and Raman spectra are discussed.},
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