Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy study of Prussian blue analogue ACo[Fe(CN)6]H2O nano-particles (A=Na, K)

Eunsook Lee; D. H. Kim; Jihoon Hwang; J. S. Kang; Nguyen Van Minh; In Sang Yang; T. Ueno; M. Sawada

doi:10.3938/jkps.62.1910

Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy study of Prussian blue analogue ACo[Fe(CN)₆]H₂O nano-particles (A=Na, K)

Eunsook Lee, D. H. Kim, Jihoon Hwang, J. S. Kang, Nguyen Van Minh, In Sang Yang, T. Ueno, M. Sawada

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Abstract

The electronic structures of Prussian blue analogue ACo[Fe(CN)₆]H₂O (A=Na, K) nano-size particles has been investigated by employing soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at the Fe and Co L edges. Both Fe and Co ions are found to be Fe²⁺-Fe³⁺ and Co²⁺-Co³⁺ mixed-valent, with the average valence of v(Fe)∼ 2.36 and v(Co)∼ 2.41. This finding suggests that the mechanism of the photo-induced spin transition in ACo[Fe(CN)₆]H₂O (A=Na, K) is not a simple spin-state transition of Fe²⁺-Co³⁺ → Fe³⁺-Co²⁺. The Fe ions in ACo[Fe(CN)₆]H₂O are also found to have a strong covalent bonding to (CN)^- ligands, but a very weak bonding to O(H₂O), while Co ions have a stronger bonding to O(H₂O) than to (CN)^- ligands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1910-1913
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume	62
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.62.1910
State	Published - Jul 2013

Keywords

Electronic structure
Molecular magnets
Prussian blue
XAS

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