Spectroscopic Evidence for Fe(II)鈥揊e(III) Electron Transfer at Clay Mineral Edge and Basal Sites

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• 作者：Anke Neumann ; Tyler L. Olson ; Michelle M. Scherer
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T)
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July 2, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：47
• 期：13
• 页码：6969-6977
• 全文大小：329K
• 年卷期：v.47,no.13(July 2, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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Despite the importance of Fe redox cycling in clay minerals, the mechanism and location of electron transfer remain unclear. More specifically, there is some controversy whether electron transfer can occur through both basal and edge surfaces. Here we used M枚ssbauer spectroscopy combined with selective chemical extractions to study electron transfer from Fe(II) sorbed to basal planes and edge OH-groups of clay mineral NAu鈥?. Fe(II) sorbed predominantly to basal planes at pH values below 6.0 and to edge OH-groups at pH value 7.5. Significant electron transfer occurred from edge OH-group bound Fe(II) at pH 7.5, whereas electron transfer from basal plane-sorbed Fe(II) to structural Fe(III) in clay mineral NAu鈥? at pH 4.0 and 6.0 occurred but to a much lower extent than from edge-bound Fe(II). M枚ssbauer hyperfine parameters for Fe(II)-reacted NAu鈥? at pH 7.5 were consistent with structural Fe(II), whereas values found at pH 4.0 and 6.0 were indicative of binding environments similar to basal plane-sorbed Fe(II). Reference experiments with Fe-free synthetic montmorillonite SYn鈥? provided supporting evidence for the assignment of the hyperfine parameters to Fe(II) bound to basal planes and edge OH-groups. Our findings demonstrate that electron transfer to structural Fe in clay minerals can occur from Fe(II) sorbed to both basal planes and edge OH-groups. These findings require us to reassess the mechanisms of abiotic and microbial Fe reduction in clay minerals as well as the importance of Fe-bearing clay minerals as a renewable source of redox equivalents in subsurface environments.