Table 1 Parameters obtained by the simulation of the k3-weighted EXAFS spectra shown in Fig. 5.

From: Electrochemical alcohols oxidation mediated by N-hydroxyphthalimide on nickel foam surface

Sample

 

Ni-Oshort

Ni-Olong

Ni-Nishort

Ni–Ni

Ni-Nilong

Ni foam after the reaction

Distance (Å)

2.04 ± 0.01

2.45 ± 0.02

2.77 ± 0.02

2.96 ± 0.04

3.11 ± 0.03

Coordination number

9.2 ± 1.2

4.5 ± 1.3

1.5 ± 0.6

2.1 ± 1.1

2.1 ± 0.8

  1. The energy shift (ΔE0, 1.4 eV) and Debye–Waller parameters (σ, 0.078 Å and 0.039 Å for O and Ni, respectively) were determined from this fit. The filtered R-factor which was 13, and the reduced χ2 value was 5.5.