Intercalation of molecular species into the interstitial sites of fullerene
Abstract
Molecular species were found to diffuse readily into the octahedral interstitial sites of the fcc lattice of C60. The C-13 NMR spectrum of C60 under magic angle spinning (MAS) conditions consisted of a primary resonance at 143.7 ppm and a minor peak shifted 0.7 ppm downfield. The downfield shift obeys Curie's law and is attributed to the Fermi contact interaction between paramagnetic oxygen molecules and all 60 carbon atoms of rapidly rotating adjacent C60 molecules. Exposure of C60 to 1 kbar oxygen for 1.75 h at room temperature resulted in a spectrum of seven evenly spaced resonances corresponding to the filling of 0 to 6 of the adjacent octahedral interstitial sites with oxygen molecules. The distribution of site occupancies about a C60 molecule provided evidence that the intercalation process is controlled by diffusion kinetics. Exposure to 0.14 kbar hydrogen gas at room temperature for 16 h filled a substantial fraction of the interstitial sites of C60 and C70 with hydrogen molecules.
- Publication:
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Journal of Materials Research
- Pub Date:
- August 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1557/JMR.1992.2136
- Bibcode:
- 1992JMatR...7.2136A
- Keywords:
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- Face Centered Cubic Lattices;
- Fullerenes;
- Intercalation;
- Interstitials;
- Oxygen Compounds;
- Carbon 13;
- Molecular Rotation;
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance;
- Solid-State Physics