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Chatterjee D, Bairagi S, Ghosh S. Transition Metal Triple-decker Sandwich Complexes Containing Group 13 Elements. Chem Asian J 2024; 19:e202300864. [PMID: 37943517 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
Transition metal triple-decker complexes are an interesting class of sandwich complexes that engrossed great attention due to their structures and properties. Over the decades, synthesis of triple-decker complexes featuring homocyclic, heterocyclic or π-conjugated rings as middle decks have been abundantly reported. In this regard, the chemistry of such complexes bearing boron in the middle deck are well explored due to the ability of boron-containing cycles to readily coordinate bifacially with metal atoms thereby forming triple-decker complexes. On the other hand, electron counting rules and theoretical calculations have strengthened our knowledge of the structure and bonding in these complexes. Further, these complexes can be used as synthons to generate organometallic polymers having interesting electronic, optical and magnetic properties that can be appropriately tuned to cater to a wide range of applications. In our quest for novel metallaboranes and metallaheteroboranes, we have been successful in isolating various triple-decker complexes that feature boron in the middle deck. This review explained elaborately the synthesis, structures, and bonding in such complexes reported by us and others.
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- Debipada Chatterjee
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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Li CG, Cui YQ, Tian H, Zhang J, Shen ZG, Ren BZ, Yuan YQ. Study on structures, electronic, spectral and thermodynamic properties of lanthanide-doped boron-based MBn−(M=La, Ce, Pr; n=8, 9) clusters. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mason JL, Folluo CN, Jarrold CC. More than little fragments of matter: Electronic and molecular structures of clusters. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:200901. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0054222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Jarrett L. Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Chen T, Cheung LF, Chen W, Cavanagh J, Wang L. Observation of Transition‐Metal–Boron Triple Bonds in IrB
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−. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Teng‐Teng Chen
- Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Brown University Providence RI 02912 USA
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Chen TT, Cheung LF, Chen WJ, Cavanagh J, Wang LS. Observation of Transition-Metal-Boron Triple Bonds in IrB 2 O - and ReB 2 O . Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:15260-15265. [PMID: 32424965 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Multiple bonds between boron and transition metals are known in many borylene (:BR) complexes via metal dπ →BR back-donation, despite the electron deficiency of boron. An electron-precise metal-boron triple bond was first observed in BiB2 O- [Bi≡B-B≡O]- in which both boron atoms can be viewed as sp-hybridized and the [B-BO]- fragment is isoelectronic to a carbyne (CR). To search for the first electron-precise transition-metal-boron triple-bond species, we have produced IrB2 O- and ReB2 O- and investigated them by photoelectron spectroscopy and quantum-chemical calculations. The results allow to elucidate the structures and bonding in the two clusters. We find IrB2 O- has a closed-shell bent structure (Cs , 1 A') with BO- coordinated to an Ir≡B unit, (- OB)Ir≡B, whereas ReB2 O- is linear (C∞v , 3 Σ- ) with an electron-precise Re≡B triple bond, [Re≡B-B≡O]- . The results suggest the intriguing possibility of synthesizing compounds with electron-precise M≡B triple bonds analogous to classical carbyne systems.
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- Teng-Teng Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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Hu SX, Zhang P, Zou W, Zhang P. New theoretical insights into high-coordination-number complexes in actinides-centered borane. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:15054-15065. [PMID: 32400819 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr01955k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The coordination number of a given element affects its behavior, and consequently, there is great interest in understanding the related chemistry, which could greatly promote the extension and development of new materials, but remains challenging. Herein, we report a new record high coordination number (CN) for actinides established in the cage-like An(BH)24 (An = Th to Cm) via using relativistic quantum chemistry methods. Analysis of U(BH)n (n = 1 to 24) confirmed these series of systems as being geometric minima, with the BH acting as a ligand located in the first shell around the uranium. In contrast, global searches revealed a low CN half-cage structure for UB24, which could be extended to the series of AnB24 materials and which prevails over the competing structural isomers, such as cages. The intrinsic geometric difference for AnB24 and An(BH)24 mainly arise from the B sp3 hybridization in borane inducing strong interactions between An 5f6d7s hybrid orbitals and B 2pz orbitals in An(BH)24 compared to that of AnB24. This fundamental trend presents a valuable insight for future experimental endeavors searching for isolable complexes with high-coordination actinide and provides details of a new structural motif of boron clusters and nanostructures.
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- Shu-Xian Hu
- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China and Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China. and Institute of Modern Physics, Northwest University, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Xi'an, 710127, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Northwest University, and Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Xi'an, 710127, China
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- Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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Wang Y, Feng L, Zhai H. Divide and Stack Up: Boron‐Based Sandwich Cluster as a Subnanoscale Propeller. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:2945-2949. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201900915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Ying‐Jin Wang
- Nanocluster LaboratoryInstitute of Molecular ScienceShanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China
- Department of ChemistryXinzhou Teachers University Xinzhou 034000 Shanxi China
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- Nanocluster LaboratoryInstitute of Molecular ScienceShanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China
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- Nanocluster LaboratoryInstitute of Molecular ScienceShanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China
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Czekner J, Cheung LF, Kocheril GS, Kulichenko M, Boldyrev AI, Wang L. High‐Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of IrB
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Ring Coordinated to a Transition Metal. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201902406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Joseph Czekner
- Department of Chemistry Brown University 324 Brook Street Providence Rhode Island 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Brown University 324 Brook Street Providence Rhode Island 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Brown University 324 Brook Street Providence Rhode Island 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Utah State University 0300 Old Main Hill Logan Utah 84322 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Utah State University 0300 Old Main Hill Logan Utah 84322 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Brown University 324 Brook Street Providence Rhode Island 02912 USA
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Czekner J, Cheung LF, Kocheril GS, Kulichenko M, Boldyrev AI, Wang LS. High-Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of IrB 3 - : Observation of a π-Aromatic B 3 + Ring Coordinated to a Transition Metal. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:8877-8881. [PMID: 31021049 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201902406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In a high-resolution photoelectron imaging and theoretical study of the IrB3 - cluster, two isomers were observed experimentally with electron affinities (EAs) of 1.3147(8) and 1.937(4) eV. Quantum calculations revealed two nearly degenerate isomers competing for the global minimum, both with a B3 ring coordinated with the Ir atom. The isomer with the higher EA consists of a B3 ring with a bridge-bonded Ir atom (Cs , 2 A'), and the second isomer features a tetrahedral structure (C3v , 2 A1 ). The neutral tetrahedral structure was predicted to be considerably more stable than all other isomers. Chemical bonding analysis showed that the neutral C3v isomer involves significant covalent Ir-B bonding and weak ionic bonding with charge transfer from B3 to Ir, and can be viewed as an Ir-(η3 -B3 + ) complex. This study provides the first example of a boron-to-metal charge-transfer complex and evidence of a π-aromatic B3 + ring coordinated to a transition metal.
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- Joseph Czekner
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, 0300 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah, 84322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, 0300 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah, 84322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
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Mason JL, Harb H, Huizenga CD, Ewigleben JC, Topolski JE, Hratchian HP, Jarrold CC. Electronic and Molecular Structures of the CeB6 Monomer. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2040-2048. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b12399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jarrett L. Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Liang WY, Das A, Dong X, Wang MH, Cui ZH. Structural and electronic properties of MB 22− (M = Na, K) clusters: tubular boron versus quasi-planar boron forms. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj00661c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Electron deficiency of boron atom has led to the abundant chemical properties of boron clusters, such as intriguing structures, unique multi-center bonding and electronic properties, as well as the structural evolution from planar to three-dimensional forms.
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- Wei-yan Liang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
- Jilin University
- Changchun
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
- Shibpur
- Howrah
- India
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
- Jilin University
- Changchun
- China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
- Jilin University
- Changchun
- China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
- Jilin University
- Changchun
- China
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Liang WY, Das A, Dong X, Cui ZH. Lithium doped tubular structure in LiB 20 and LiB 20-: a viable global minimum. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:16202-16208. [PMID: 29862386 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01376d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present a strategy by which the stability of tubular boron clusters can be significantly enhanced by doping the B20 cluster with a lithium atom. High-level quantum chemical calculations showed that the lowest energy structures of LiB20 and LiB20- are tubular structures with D10d symmetry, in which the lithium atom is located at the center of the tubular structure. Chemical bonding analysis revealed that the high-symmetry tubular boron clusters are characterized as charge transfer complexes (Li+B20- and Li+B202-), resulting in double aromaticity with delocalized π + σ bonding and strong electrostatic interactions between cationic Li+ and tubular boron motifs with twenty Li-B interactions. The unique bonding pattern of the LiB20 and LiB20- species provides a key driving force to stabilize tubular structures over quasi-planar structures, suggesting that electrostatic interactions resulting from alkali metals might unveil a new clue to the structural evolution of boron clusters.
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- Wei-Yan Liang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
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Zhou X, Wu J, Hao Y, Zhu C, Zhuo Q, Xia H, Zhu J. Rational Design and Synthesis of Unsaturated Se-Containing Osmacycles with σ-Aromaticity. Chemistry 2017; 24:2389-2395. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Xiaoxi Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials ( i ChEM), and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
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