Issue 9, 2024

Interactions between alkali cations and cyanide-bridged network in A2Co4[Fe(CN)6]3.3 Prussian blue analogues revealed by far-infrared spectroscopy

Abstract

A series of Prussian Blue Analogues (PBAs) having the chemical formula A2Co4[Fe(CN)6]3.3·nH2O (A+ = Na+, Rb+ and Cs+) was investigated by variable temperature far-infrared spectroscopy. Despite the same chemical composition of the cyanide-bridged CoFe network, the three compounds are known to exhibit different switching properties assignable to different interactions between the alkali cations and the cyanide-bridged CoFe network. Na2CoFe exhibits the thermally activated CoII(High Spin)FeIII → CoIII(Low Spin)FeII electron transfer upon cooling, whereas Rb2CoFe and Cs2CoFe are already in the CoIII(Low Spin)FeII electronic state at room temperature and remain in this electronic state upon cooling. Our variable temperature far-infrared spectroscopy study shows that the bands corresponding to the vibrations of the cyanide-bridged CoFe network and to the alkali cations exhibit different thermal behaviors upon cooling in the three compounds. These differences can be related to different interactions between the alkali cations and the cyanide-bridged CoFe network. Thus, far Infrared spectroscopy turns out to be a valuable tool to study these interactions so difficult to experimentally probe but which nevertheless play a crucial role in the properties of the compounds.

Graphical abstract: Interactions between alkali cations and cyanide-bridged network in A2Co4[Fe(CN)6]3.3 Prussian blue analogues revealed by far-infrared spectroscopy

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jan 2024
Accepted
15 Mar 2024
First published
15 Mar 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mater. Adv., 2024,5, 3794-3801

Interactions between alkali cations and cyanide-bridged network in A2Co4[Fe(CN)6]3.3 Prussian blue analogues revealed by far-infrared spectroscopy

M. Dronova, L. Altenschmidt, A. Bordage, J. Brubach, M. Verseils, G. Balthazar, P. Roy and A. Bleuzen, Mater. Adv., 2024, 5, 3794 DOI: 10.1039/D4MA00064A

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