SYNTHESIS OF CERIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATES
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inhibitors of H O decomposition due to formation in produces aggregates of rather unusual star-like form
2
2
solution of mixed peroxoorthophosphate complexes composed of spindle-shaped particles (Fig. 3b–3d).
IV
m–
The formation of non aggregated spindle-shaped par-
of supposed composition [Ce (H PO ) (O ) ] or,
2
m–
4 x
2 y
IV
ticles in solvothermal synthesis of CePO was
4
more likely, [Ce (H PO ) (HO ) ] .
2
4 x
2 y
observed previously by the authors [37].
The complexes decompose upon heating of their
solutions resulting in the reduction of cerium(IV) to
cerium(III) and evolution of gaseous oxygen. It is the
fact that cerium in cerium(IV) peroxoorthophosphate
complexes does not coordinated to water molecules
seems to cause the formation of anhydrous cerium
orthophosphate upon decomposition of these com-
plexes.
On the other hand, as described above, the reaction
of hydrogen peroxide in orthophosphoric acid
medium with hydrated cerium dioxide leads to forma-
tion of hydrated cerium orthophosphate with rhab-
dophane structure. This reaction seems to proceed
because the initial nanodisperse cerium dioxide con-
tains water molecules and OH groups directly coordi-
nated to cerium ions [31, 32]. Moreover, the reaction
of cerium dioxide with hydrogen peroxide can lead to
formation of brightly colored cerium peroxo com-
plexes [22, 23], whose decomposition also can pro-
duce OH-coordinated cerium ions.
When hydrogen peroxide concentration increases
from 1 to 12%, the size of CePO particles decreases
4
and aggregates faceting is lost. The formation and
growth of star-like aggregates is likely to be associated
with the realization of mechanism of oriented attach-
ment of nanoparticles [38].
Thus, we showed in this work that hydrogen perox-
ide can be used as a reagent in the synthesis of different
modifications of cerium(III) orthophosphate in
orthophosphoric acid medium. The precipitation with
hydrogen peroxide from cerium-containing phos-
phoric acid solutions leads to formation of anhydrous
cerium(III) orthophosphate with monazite structure,
while the reaction of hydrated cerium dioxide with
hydrogen peroxide in orthophosphoric acid medium
results in hydrated cerium orthophosphate with rhab-
dophane structure.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The IR spectra of all samples obtained by proce-
dure B (Fig. 2b, table) agree well with the previously
obtained data [12, 26] and contain strong wide band in
This work was performed with the use of equip-
ment of the Shared Facility Center, Kurnakov Insti-
tute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian
Academy of Sciences, with financial support by the
Presidential Grant Program (MK–8977.2016.3) and
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the region 1200–900 cm (ν ) and two split bands in
3
the region 600 cm–1 (ν ), one of which is a doublet,
4
while another is a triplet. The splitting of these bands the Presidium of the RAS (the Program of Basic
provides an opportunity to affirm that PO groups in Research no. 14).
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monazite structure are directly coordinated to cerium
atoms, which corresponds to the data on the structure
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