Theoretical study of the high-pressure effect in the cristalline structure and properties of the rhodium (III) sesquioxide
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Theoretical study of the high-pressure effect in the cristalline structure and properties of the rhodium (III) sesquioxideAutoría
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Beltrán Flors, Armando; Sancho Llopis, Juan Vicente; Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Química Física i AnalíticaFecha de publicación
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Rhodium sesquioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Rh2O3. It is a
gray solid that is insoluble in ordinary solvents. It can be produced via several
routes [1]:
The most common route is treating RhCl3 ... [+]
Rhodium sesquioxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Rh2O3. It is a
gray solid that is insoluble in ordinary solvents. It can be produced via several
routes [1]:
The most common route is treating RhCl3 with oxygen at high temperatures.
Other option is fusing Rh metal powder with potassium hydrogen sulfate and
adding sodium hydroxide, that results in hydrated rhodium oxide, which upon
heating converts to Rh2O3. It is possible by exposing Rh layer to oxygen plasma
too and finally, nanoparticles can be produced by the hydrothermal synthesis.
Rhodium oxide films behave as a fast two-color electrochromic system:
Reversible yellow to dark green or yellow to brown-purple color changes are
obtained in KOH solutions by applying a voltage of 1 V.
Rhodium oxide films are transparent and conductive, like indium tin oxide (ITO)
- the common transparent electrode, but Rh2O3 has 0.2 eV lower work function
than ITO. Consequently, deposition of rhodium oxide on ITO improves the carrier
injection from ITO thereby improving the electrical properties of organic lightemitting diodes.
Rhodium oxides are catalysts for hydroformylation of alkenes, N2O production
from NO, and the hydrogenation of CO.
Rhodium as a metal has been used both in catalysts and electrochemical
application. Therefore, knowledge of the formation of Rh (III) oxide polymorphs,
their structures and relative thermodynamic stability is important for
understanding the nature of catalytic and electronic systems.
Several published experimental studies provide evidence for the existence of
three polymorphs of Rh2O3. These are: the corundum form Rh2O3 I (space group
R-3c) described as the low-temperature, low-pressure form and two other
corundum-related orthorhombic structures; the high-temperature, high-pressure
form Rh2O3 II (space group Pbna) and the high-temperature, low-pressure form
Rh2O3 III (space group Pbca). So far, however, beyond these broad
categorizations, the relative stabilities of the three phases are still unclear, and
the P-T phase diagram for the three rhodium sesquioxide phases is basically
unknown because the treatment of ionic solids is rare. [...] [-]
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Treball Final de Grau en Química. Codi: QU0943. Curs acadèmic: 2019/2020
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