Optical Charge-Transfer in Iron(III)hexacyanoferrate(II):  Electro-intercalated Cations Induce Lattice-Energy-Dependent Ground-State Energies

David R. Rosseinsky,* Hanyong Lim, Hongjin Jiang, and Jian Wei Chai§
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075, Finisar (Singapore) Pte Ltd., 100 Collyer Quay No. 19-08, Singapore 049315, and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602
Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42 (19), pp 6015–6023
DOI: 10.1021/ic020575s
Publication Date (Web): August 28, 2003
Copyright © 2003 American Chemical Society

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The maximum of the color-conferring charge-transfer (CT) band in Prussian Blue (PB) varies with the electrochemically introduced cation Mz+ incorporated (as “supernumerary”) for charge neutrality, and the dependence on particular properties of the Mz+ has been sought. With alkali-metal ions, the CT-maximum shifts are in the same sequence as the PB mass changes on M+ insertion; the effect on the CT ground state of the intra-lattice interaction of an M+ with the ferrocyanide CN- moiety (competing with cation hydration), is then implicated in shifts of the maxima, as the ferrocyanide is the donor center in the optical CT. More definitely, for M2+ and Ag+, solubility-products of the insoluble Mz+ ferrocyanides (that provide direct indicators of the intra-lattice Mz+−[FeII(CN)6]4- interactions) show a strong correlation with the spectral shifts. The determining interaction of Mz+ with ferrocyanide within PB is enhanced in some cases by the accessibility of Mz+ oxidation states ± 1 different from the common values. PB lattice energies and the ground states of the optical CTs thus appear closely interlinked. The electrochemical uptake of appreciable amounts of the Mz+ within the lattices was confirmed by XPS.

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  • Published In Issue September 22, 2003
  • Received September 23, 2002

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