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DOI: 10.1039/A903714D (Paper) Reference Section for: J. Mater. Chem., 1999, 9, 2467-2474

Surface and bulk characterisation of titanium–oxo clusters and nanosized titania particles through 17O solid state NMR

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Emmanuel Scolan, Claire Magnenet, Dominique Massiot and Clément Sanchez

Abstract

For the first time, titanium–oxo based nano-objects have been probed using 17O MAS and 3Q-MAS NMR. Three titanium oxo–organo clusters {[Ti12O16(OPri)16], [Ti16O16(OEt)32] and [Ti18O22(OBun)26(acac)2]}, and monodisperse nanoparticles of titania anatase having 20 and 30 Å oxide core diameters, have been characterised by 17O NMR. This study shows that in titanium oxo-based compounds, the µ2-O sites are dominated by a significant chemical shift anisotropy, an interaction that is much weaker for the other µn-O sites (n = 3, 4, 5). For all µn-O sites (n = 2, 3, 4 or 5), the 17O NMR linewidths are dominated by chemical shift distribution with a minor contribution from second order quadrupolar broadening. However, depending on the degree of distortion from tetrahedral geometry, the µ3-O sites can also be sensitive to second order quadrupolar effects. Bulk µ3-O and surface oxo species (µ3-O, µ2-O and acac–Ti) present in titania anatase nanoparticles are identified and clearly assigned. The ratio between bulk and surface species decreases as the particle size is increased. The surface reconstruction of the nanoparticles in the presence of 17OH2 enriched moist air, at room temperature, is demonstrated by 17O MAS NMR experiments. From these experiments the µ3-O, µ2-O, Ti–OH, acac–Ti and H2O → Ti surface species were identified.

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