Lattice transition metal oxide, role

The Kagome lattice structure clearly explains the non-symmetric nature of the band structure of the C0O2 layer. When the effect of the Kagome lattice becomes dominant, the bottom band, i.e., the flat band as shown in Fig, 3(a) will play a crucial role on the electronic state. Mielke [32] has shown that the flat band with the Coulomb interaction has the ferromagnetic ground state at around half filling. A prospective system for the ferromagnet will be dl transition metal oxides, i.e., the layered titanates with iso-structure of the cobalt oxides. 

Oxides commonly studied as catalytic materials belong to the structural classes of corundum, rocksalt, wurtzite, spinel, perovskite, rutile, and layer structure. These structures are commonly reported for oxides prepared by normal methods under mild conditions [1,5]. Many transition metal ions possess multiple stable oxidation states. The easy oxidation and reduction (redox property), and the existence of cations of different oxidation states in the intermediate oxides have been thought to be important factors for these oxides to possess desirable properties in selective oxidation and related reactions. In general terms, metal oxides are made up of metallic cations and oxygen anions. The ionicity of the lattice, which is often less than that predicted by formal oxidation states, results in the presence of charged adsorbate species and the common heterolytic dissociative adsorption of molecules (i.e., a molecule AB is adsorbed as A+ and B ). Surface exposed cations and anions form acidic and basic sites as well as acid-base pair sites [1]. The fact that the cations often have a number of commonly obtainable oxidation states has resulted in the ability of the oxides to undergo oxidation and reduction, and the possibility of the presence of rather high densities of cationic and anionic vacancies. Some of these aspects are discussed in this chapter. In particular, the participation of redox sites in oxidation and ammoxidation reactions and the role of redox sites in various oxides that are currently pursued in the literature are presented with relevant references. 

The formation of an electronically excited state of the V=0 bonding plays a vital role in the photochemical reduction of surface V = O species in the presence of H2, as described previously. Moreover, the vertical transition in the photon absorption process occurs from the zero vibrational level of the ground electronic state to the higher vibrational levels in the electronically excited state (see Section ll.B). In other words, the photochemical reduction of the oxide is initiated by the electron transfer from the lattice oxygen to the corresponding metal cation, leading to a new V-O distance. Thus, it could be said that the electronic excitation process of the oxide is directly associated with the photochemical reduction of the catalyst. 

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