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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 47, Issue 7, Pages 2303-2311Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic7013013
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Nickel and cobalt hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) complexes (NO3)(2)Me(H2O)(6)(HMTA)(2)center dot 4H(2)O were prepared and characterized structurally by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Both compounds crystallize in the triclinic P (1) over bar space group with the same structure. The structures are three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded supramolecular frameworks containing two-dimensional cationic assemblies connected with proton acceptors, which are noncoordinated anionic species (nitrate) and neutral HMTA molecules. Thermal decomposition of these compounds under an inert atmosphere leads to the high-surface-area metal.-carbon foams containing nickel and cobalt nanoparticles embedded within onionlike carbon shells. The decomposition process as studied by thermal analysis and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements occurs as a rapid loss of oxygen in the form of CO, beginning at temperatures as low as 323 K. As the in situ XAS study demonstrated, the evolution of nickel and cobalt coordination spheres occurs with intermediate formation of amorphous metal carbides, which subsequently decompose to the metal nanoparticles covered with carbon shells.
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