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Layer structured cobalt phosphate containing water molecules has been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions by using [Co(sen)Cl3 and phosphoric acid as reactants and water as solvent. The structure consists of a layered network of strictly alternating CoO4 and PO4 tetrahedra by oxygen bridges. Cobalt metal ions were occurred by the decomposition of Co(sen)3+ complex in basic condition. Oxygen atoms from water molecule which exists in the interlayer form hydrogen bonding with terminal hydroxyl groups of phosphate. This material was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, thermogravimetric analysis and FT-IR spectroscopy respectively.
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