Proton dynamics in Cs3(HSO4)2(HPO4) studied by 1H NMR

Abstract Proton dynamics in Cs 3 (HSO 4 ) 2 (H 2 PO 4 ) has been studied by means of 1 H solid-state NMR as well as thermal analyses. The thermal analysis shows an endothermic peak at 408 K, which corresponds to a superprotonic transition. Above the transition temperature a mass loss is observed in a dry atmosphere, which is easily recovered in a conventional dry atmosphere below the transition temperature. The 1 H magic-angle-spinning NMR spectra at room temperature show two peaks at 13.5 and 15.8 ppm, and a shoulder at 11.3 ppm from tetramethylsilane, demonstrating a presence of several inequivalent proton sites. Translational diffusion of protons takes place in both a room-temperature phase (RT) and a high-temperature phase (HT). In both phases reorientation of the SO 4 /PO 4 tetrahedron limits the rate of the proton transport. The 1 H mean residence times are estimated as E a  = 33 kJ mol − 1 and τ 0  = 0.97 × 10 − 9  s for phase RT from the second moment analysis and as E a  = 20 kJ mol − 1 and τ 0  = 5.0 × 10 − 12  s for phase HT from the analysis of the 1 H T 1 results.