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Ikeda, Atsushi; Tsushima, Satoru*; Takao, Koichiro*; Rossberg, A.*; Funke, H.*; Scheinost, A. C.*; Bernhard, G.*; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Hennig, C.*
Inorganic Chemistry, 48(24), p.11779 - 11787, 2009/12
Times Cited Count:34 Percentile:79.66(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)The electrochemical behavior and complex structure of Np carbonato complexes have been investigated in aqueous NaCO and NaCO/NaOH solutions at different oxidation states by using cyclic voltammetry, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. The end-member complexes of penta- and hexavalent Np in 1.5 M NaCO with pH = 11.7 have been determined as a transdioxo neptunyl tricarbonato complex, [NpO(CO)] ( = 5 for Np, and 4 for Np). In contrast, the electrochemical oxidation of Np in a highly basic carbonate solution of 2.0M NaCO/1.0M NaOH (pH 13) yielded a stable heptavalent Np complex of [Np O(OH)], indicating that the oxidation reaction from Np to Np in the carbonate solution involves a drastic structural rearrangement from the transdioxo configuration to a square-planar-tetraoxo configuration, as well as exchanging the coordinating anions from carbonate ions (CO) to hydroxide ions (OH).
Ikeda, Atsushi; Hennig, C.*; Rossberg, A.*; Funke, H.*; Scheinost, A. C.*; Bernhard, G.*; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
ESRF Highlights 2008, p.99 - 100, 2009/02
Structural arrangement of Np species has been investigated in various aqueous solutions by synchrotron-based X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy. The obtained results revealed that Np(IV) dominantly forms a spherically coordinated decahydrate complex, [Np(HO)], while Np(V) and -(VI) form a pentahydrate neptunyl complex, [NpO(HO)].
Ikeda, Atsushi; Hennig, C.*; Rossberg, A.*; Funke, H.*; Scheinost, A. C.*; Bernhard, G.*; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
Inorganic Chemistry, 47(18), p.8294 - 8305, 2008/09
Times Cited Count:82 Percentile:68.72(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)Electrochemical and complexation properties of neptunium (Np) are investigated in aqueous perchlorate and nitrate solutions by means of cyclic voltammetry, bulk electrolysis, UV-visible absorption and Np L-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopies. The redox reactions of Np(III)/Np(IV) and Np(V)/Np(VI) couples are reversible or quasi-reversible, while the electrochemical reaction between Np(III/IV) and Np(V/VI) is irreversible because they undergo the structural rearrangement from spherical coordinating ions (Np and Np) to transdioxo neptunyl ions (NpO, n = 1 for Np(V) and 2 for Np(VI)). A detailed analysis on extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra suggests that Np(IV) forms a decaaquo complex of [Np(HO)] in 1.0 M HClO, while Np(V) and -(VI) exist dominantly as pentaaquo neptunyl complexes, [NpO(HO)] (n = 1 for Np(V) and 2 for Np(VI)).