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Reduction of Ln 2 Ti 2 O7 Layered Perovskites: A Survey of the Anionic Lattice, Electronic Features, and Potentials

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The reduction of the layered perovskites Ln2Ti2O7 (LnTO, with lanthanide Ln = La, Pr, or Nd) was studied with the aim of shifting the ultraviolet (UV) photocalytic activity for water splitting in the visible range by Ti3+ donor doping. For all phases, after reduction by CaH2, the absorbance is extended beyond the UV–visible region, giving rise to a gaplike edge in the mid-infrared at ∼0.4 eV with a dark coloration of the samples. When the precursor with Ln = La was reduced under a high-temperature H2 flow, we found a progressive nanotexturation down to 300 nm, which is responsible for a degree of Ti3+ segregation at the surface. Magnetic measurements, thermal analysis, and powder neutron diffraction reveal that the samples reduced by both routes have a similar amount of anion vacancy with δ = 0.27 (in La2Ti2O7−δ). It represents a limited topotactic reduction stage, prior to the reconstructive reduction into La5Ti3.8+5O17 observed under more severe reducing conditions. For the sample reduced by CaH2, a minor amount of hydride appears to be incorporated (∼0.02 H per FU), with Ti3+···H– bonding observed by hyperfine sublevel correlation spectroscopy electron paramagnetic resonance and density functional theory calculations. Preliminary electrocatalysis tests show a promising anodic activity for water splitting hydrogen evolution with a voltage onset as low as 0.6 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode.

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hal-01446009 , version 1 (25-01-2017)

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Tanguy Pussacq, Houria Kabbour, Silviu Colis, Hervé Vezin, Sébastien Saitzek, et al.. Reduction of Ln 2 Ti 2 O7 Layered Perovskites: A Survey of the Anionic Lattice, Electronic Features, and Potentials. Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29 (3), pp.1047-1057. ⟨10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03808⟩. ⟨hal-01446009⟩
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