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Zhai L, Li H, Wu J, Luo J, Yu JM, Pan Z, Li H, Hu B, Zheng B, Xiong WW. Intercalating Organic Hybrid Cadmium Antimony Sulfide Nanoparticles into Graphene Oxide Nanosheets for Electrochemical Lithium Storage. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:35024-35032. [PMID: 38935758 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Inorganic metal sulfides have received extensive investigation as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, applications of crystalline organic hybrid metal sulfides as anode materials in LIBs are quite rare. In addition, combining the nanoparticles of crystalline organic hybrid metal sulfides with conductive materials is expected to enhance the electrochemical lithium storage performance. Nevertheless, due to the difficulty of harvesting the nanoparticles of crystalline organic hybrid metal sulfides, this approach has never been tried to date. Herein, nanoparticles of a crystalline organic hybrid cadmium antimony sulfide (1,4-DABH2)Cd2Sb2S6 (DCAS) were prepared by a top-down method, including the procedures of solvothermal synthesis, ball milling, and ultrasonic pulverization. Thereafter, the nanoparticles of DCAS with sizes of ∼500 nm were intercalated into graphene oxide nanosheets through a freeze-drying treatment and a DCAS@GO composite was obtained. Compared with the reported Sb2S3- and CdS-based composites, the DCAS@GO composite exhibited superior electrochemical Li+ ion storage performance, including a high capacity of 1075.6 mAh g-1 at 100 mA g-1 and exceptional rate tolerances (646.8 mAh g-1 at 5000 mA g-1). In addition, DCAS@GO can provide a high capacity of 705.6 mAh g-1 after 500 cycles at 1000 mA g-1. Our research offers a viable approach for preparing the nanoparticles of crystalline organic hybrid metal sulfides and proves that intercalating organic hybrid metal sulfide nanoparticles into GO nanosheets can efficiently boost the electrochemical Li+ ion storage performance.
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- Longfei Zhai
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211816, P. R. China
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Li YL, Liu YD, Li WL, Li FA, Feng YX, Luo XQ, Han YJ. Ligand engineering to achieve synergistic properties in a 2D bilayer supertetrahedral chalcogenide cluster-based assembled material. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:3279-3282. [PMID: 38421017 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05726g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Incorporating functional organic linkers into supertetrahedral chalcogenolate cluster-based materials is an effective synthetic strategy to expand structural diversity and generate tunable optical and photoelectric properties arising from synergistic effects. Herein, a mixed ligand engineering approach was adopted to design a supertetrahedral cluster-based assembled material [(Cd6Ag4(SPh)16(TPPA)(BPE)0.5)·2DMF]n (denoted as SCCAM-3) with a 2D bilayer architecture and broader visible-light absorption. Interestingly, SCCAM-3 demonstrates a long-lived afterglow at 83 K and efficient photocatalytic activity for degrading tetracycline in water.
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- Yan-Ling Li
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, China.
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Stuhrmann G, Schneider J, Schmidt K, Dehnen S. Selective and benign alkylation of sulfido-oxo stannate clusters with propyl, pentyl, or hexyl substituents. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:13171-13174. [PMID: 37850229 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc03525e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Chalcogenido metalate compounds that are based on tetrahedral clusters have been extensively studied in recent years due to their rich structural chemistry and uncommon chemical and physical properties. Recently it was shown that partial butylation of the inorganic cluster core by ionothermal reactions allowed access to tetrahedral sulfido-oxo stannate clusters with reasonable solubility in conventional solvents at the retainment of their opto-electronic features. We have expanded this mild alkylation approach, and herein report success in receiving the first sulfido-oxo stannate clusters that are selectively propylated, pentylated, and hexylated. This was achieved in a unique way by preparing symmetrically 1,3-substituted imidazolium bromides in preparative scale and using them as both the reaction medium and alkylatoin reagent. We discuss the effect of the organic groups attached to the cluster and present in the counterions of the products on the compounds' structural and opto-electronic properties.
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- Gina Stuhrmann
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 4, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 4, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Nasri A, Jaleh B, Shabanlou E, Nasrollahzadeh M, Ali Khonakdar H, Kruppke B. Ionic liquid-based (nano)catalysts for hydrogen generation and storage. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Wu Z, Stuhrmann G, Dehnen S. Crystalline chalcogenidometalate-based compounds from uncommon reaction media. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:11609-11624. [PMID: 36134514 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc04061a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chalcogenides are one of the most versatile inorganic materials families, further subdivided into a large variety of specific groups of compounds, ranging from neat binary or multinary solids and nanoparticles of the same formal compositions, both in crystalline or non-crystalline form, to complicated open-framework structures and cluster compounds, also including organ(ometall)ic derivates of the latter. The large variety regarding both the compositions and the structures is associated with an enormous variety of properties, ranging from simple or high-tech pigments through a multitude of opto-electronic devices and electrolytes to materials for ion separation or high-sophisticated catalysts. Naturally, this also goes hand in hand with a corrosponding breadth of synthesis strategies. Traditionally, chalcogenides have been accessed via high-temperature methods, which continuously have been replaced by lower-temperature approaches for economical and ecological reasons. Moreover, more recent methods also showed that new types of chalcogenide materials can be obtained under such milder conditions that are not accessible via traditional routes. To shed light onto one of the numerous families of chalcogenides, this feature article summarizes current achievements in the generation of multinary chalcogenidometallate-based clusters and networks via non-classical routes, using ionic liquids, surfactants, or hydrazine as reaction media at moderately elevated termperature.
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- Zhou Wu
- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften, Philipps University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35043 Marburg, Germany.
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Liu Y, Wang Y, Peng Y, Hu Q, Li J, Huang X. Ionic‐Liquid‐Assisted Precursor Route Syntheses of Highly Dispersed Supertetrahedral T3 In‐S/Se Clusters for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202200585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yifan Liu
- College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350116 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- Chaotic Matter Science Research Center Department of Materials Metallurgy and Chemistry Jiangxi University of Science and Technology Ganzhou Fujian 341000 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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Silva-Gaspar B, Martinez-Franco R, Pirngruber G, Fécant A, Diaz U, Corma A. Open-Framework Chalcogenide Materials - from isolated clusters to highly ordered structures - and their photocalytic applications. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Zhang J, Feng P, Bu X, Wu T. Atomically precise metal chalcogenide supertetrahedral clusters: frameworks to molecules, and structure to function. Natl Sci Rev 2022; 9:nwab076. [PMID: 35070325 PMCID: PMC8776542 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwab076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Metal chalcogenide supertetrahedral clusters (MCSCs) are of significance for developing crystalline porous framework materials and atomically precise cluster chemistry. Early research interest focused on the synthetic and structural chemistry of MCSC-based porous semiconductor materials with different cluster sizes/compositions and their applications in adsorption-based separation and optoelectronics. More recently, focus has shifted to the cluster chemistry of MCSCs to establish atomically precise structure-composition-property relationships, which are critical for regulating the properties and expanding the applications of MCSCs. Importantly, MCSCs are similar to II-VI or I-III-VI semiconductor nanocrystals (also called quantum dots, QDs) but avoid their inherent size polydispersity and structural ambiguity. Thus, discrete MCSCs, especially those that are solution-processable, could provide models for understanding various issues that cannot be easily clarified using QDs. This review covers three decades of efforts on MCSCs, including advancements in MCSC-based open frameworks (reticular chemistry), the precise structure-property relationships of MCSCs (cluster chemistry), and the functionalization and applications of MCSC-based microcrystals. An outlook on remaining problems to be solved and future trends is also presented.
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- Jiaxu Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Wu Z, Nußbruch I, Nier S, Dehnen S. Ionothermal Access to Defined Oligomers of Supertetrahedral Selenido Germanate Clusters. JACS AU 2022; 2:204-213. [PMID: 35098237 PMCID: PMC8790736 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Supertetrahedral chalcogenido (semi)metalate clusters have been in the focus of inorganic and materials chemistry for many years owing to a variety of outstanding physical and chemical properties. However, a critical drawback in the canon of studying corresponding compounds has been the lack of control in assembling the supertetrahedral units, which have been known as either highly charged monomeric cluster anions or lower charged, yet extended anionic substructures of linked clusters. The latter is the reason for the predominance of applications of such materials in heterogeneous environment, or their solubilization by organic shielding, which in turn was unfavorable regarding the optical properties. Recently, we reported a partial alkylation of such clusters, which allowed for a significantly enhanced solubility at a marginal impact on the optical gap. Herein we showcase the formation of finite cluster oligomers of supertetrahedral architectures by ionothermal syntheses. We were successful in generating the unprecedented dimers and tetramers of the [Ge4Se10]4- anion in salts with imidazolium-based ionic liquid counterions. The oligomers exhibit lower average negative charges and thus reduced electrostatic interactions between anionic clusters and cationic counterions. As a consequence, the salts readily dissolve in common solvents like DMF. Besides, the tetrameric [Ge16Se36]8- anion represents the largest discrete chalcogenide cluster of a group 14 element. We prove that undestroyed cluster oligomers can be transferred into solution by means of electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry and provide a full set of characteristics of the compounds including crystal structures and optical properties.
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Li J, Liu C, Wang X, Ding Y, Wu Z, Sun P, Tang J, Zhang J, Li DS, Chen N, Wu T. Stable 3D neutral gallium thioantimonate frameworks decorated with transition metal complexes for a tunable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Dalton Trans 2021; 51:978-985. [PMID: 34931651 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03255k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Incorporating transition metal (TM) complexes into cluster-based chalcogenide frameworks is an effective synthetic strategy to induce structural diversity and control the optoelectronic properties, which may further improve their photocatalytic performance. However, limited studies have been conducted on frameworks constructed by TM complexes covalently bonded with supertetrahedral Tn clusters, let alone on their properties, especially photocatalytic H2 activity. Herein, three new isostructural three-dimensional (3D) neutral inorganic-organic open frameworks of gallium thioantimonate comprised of thiogallate-based supertetrahedral T3 clusters that are covalently bonded with TM complexes ([TM(TEPA)]2+, TM = Mn/Ni/Fe, TEPA = tetraethylenepentamine) at the edges and are linked by single Sb3+ ions at the corner, namely, NCF-3-Mn/Ni/Fe have been solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized, and display good thermal and chemical stability. Benefiting from an adjustable TM centre, the title compounds possess tunable photocatalytic H2 evolution activity, among which NCF-3-Mn exhibits the highest photocatalytic activity probably due to its favourable band structure and enhanced carrier separation efficiency.
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- Juan Li
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei 443002, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China.
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Kong Y, Ding Y, Liu C, Zhang J, Zhou R, Li DS, Chen N, Wang X, Wu T. A novel copper-rich open-framework chalcogenide with chiral topology constructed from distinctive bimetallic [Cu 5SnSe 10] clusters. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:14985-14989. [PMID: 34665191 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02392f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reported here is the first chiral copper-rich open-framework chalcogenide with a quartz (qtz) topology built on distinctive [Cu5SnSe10] clusters connected by [SnSe4] bridging units. Through in situ sulfur doping, sulfurized compounds could be obtained that exhibit improved photocatalytic performance. This work expands the family of COCs with new building blocks and topologies and demonstrates the significance of chalcogen doping in COCs.
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- Yinan Kong
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei 443002, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China.
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Wang Y, Li J, Hu Q, Hao M, Liu Y, Gong L, Li R, Huang X. Boosting Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production through Sensitizing TiO 2 via Novel Nanoclusters. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:40562-40570. [PMID: 34470106 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Improving the light utilization and electron-hole separation efficiency plays a central role in photocatalysis for converting light energy to hydrogen energy. Herein, for the first time, a stable, highly dispersible discrete T4 [Cd3In17Se31]5- cluster is developed as a novel photosensitizer to sensitize TiO2 for photocatalytic hydrogen production. Compared with pristine TiO2 (near zero) and the T4 clusters (19.5 μmol g-1 h-1) that exhibit low hydrogen evolution activities, the T4/TiO2 composite, constructed from traces of 0.127 mol % T4 cluster-sensitized TiO2, exhibits a dramatically improved photocatalytic activity of 328.2 μmol g-1 h-1, highlighting that the photocatalytic efficiency strongly correlates with that of the T4 cluster. In the meantime, the T4/TiO2 composites are highly stable, remaining robust in a long-time test of 50 h for photocatalytic hydrogen production. Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy, in combination with electrochemical analyses, steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence, and density functional theory calculations, indicates that the T4 cluster not only serve as a photosensitizer to absorb visible light but also form a heterojunction between the interface of the T4 cluster and TiO2 to accelerate electron injection. This work highlights the great potential of the stable and highly dispersed discrete metal chalcogenide clusters as high-efficiency photosensitizers for converting solar energy to chemical energy.
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- Yanqi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Chaotic Matter Science Research Center, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
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Peters B, Stuhrmann G, Mack F, Weigend F, Dehnen S. Highly Soluble Supertetrahedra upon Selective Partial Butylation of Chalcogenido Metalate Clusters in Ionic Liquids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Bertram Peters
- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften Philipps-Universität Marburg Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4 35043 Marburg Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften Philipps-Universität Marburg Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4 35043 Marburg Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Kaiserstr. 12 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften Philipps-Universität Marburg Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4 35043 Marburg Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften Philipps-Universität Marburg Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4 35043 Marburg Germany
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Peters B, Stuhrmann G, Mack F, Weigend F, Dehnen S. Highly Soluble Supertetrahedra upon Selective Partial Butylation of Chalcogenido Metalate Clusters in Ionic Liquids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17622-17628. [PMID: 33974339 PMCID: PMC8362043 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Supertetrahedral clusters have been reported in two generally different types so far: one type possessing an organic ligand shell, no or low charges, and high solubility, while the other cluster type is ligand-free with usually high charges and low or no solubility in common solvents. The latter is a tremendous disadvantage regarding further use of the clusters in solution. However, as organic substituents usually broaden the HOMO-LUMO gaps, which cannot be overcompensated by the (limited) cluster sizes, a full organic shielding comes along with drawbacks regarding opto-electronic properties. We therefore sought to find a way of generating soluble clusters with a minimum number of organic substituents. Here, we present the synthesis and full characterization of two salts of [Sn10 O4 S16 (SBu)4 ]4- that are high soluble in CH2 Cl2 or CH3 CN, which includes first NMR and mass spectra obtained from solutions of such salts with mostly inorganic supertetrahedral clusters. The optical absorption properties of this new class of compounds indicates nearly unaffected band gaps. The synthetic approach and the spectroscopic findings were rationalized and explained by means of high-level quantum chemical studies.
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- Bertram Peters
- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für MaterialwissenschaftenPhilipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Straße 435043MarburgGermany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für MaterialwissenschaftenPhilipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Straße 435043MarburgGermany
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- Institut für Physikalische ChemieKarlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)Kaiserstr. 1276131KarlsruheGermany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für MaterialwissenschaftenPhilipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Straße 435043MarburgGermany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für MaterialwissenschaftenPhilipps-Universität MarburgHans-Meerwein-Straße 435043MarburgGermany
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Wang H, Yu JM, Wang N, Xiao LL, Yu JP, Xu Q, Zheng B, Cheng FF, Xiong WW. Two silver chalcogenidoantimonates synthesized in piperazine and their high performances for visible-light driven Cr(VI) reduction. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2021.122276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yin H, Xing K, Zhang Y, Dissanayake DMAS, Lu Z, Zhao H, Zeng Z, Yun JH, Qi DC, Yin Z. Periodic nanostructures: preparation, properties and applications. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:6423-6482. [PMID: 34100047 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01146k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Periodic nanostructures, a group of nanomaterials consisting of single or multiple nano units/components periodically arranged into ordered patterns (e.g., vertical and lateral superlattices), have attracted tremendous attention in recent years due to their extraordinary physical and chemical properties that offer a huge potential for a multitude of applications in energy conversion, electronic and optoelectronic applications. Recent advances in the preparation strategies of periodic nanostructures, including self-assembly, epitaxy, and exfoliation, have paved the way to rationally modulate their ferroelectricity, superconductivity, band gap and many other physical and chemical properties. For example, the recent discovery of superconductivity observed in "magic-angle" graphene superlattices has sparked intensive studies in new ways, creating superlattices in twisted 2D materials. Recent development in the various state-of-the-art preparations of periodic nanostructures has created many new ideas and findings, warranting a timely review. In this review, we discuss the current advances of periodic nanostructures, including their preparation strategies, property modulations and various applications.
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- Hang Yin
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Sun M, Zhang S, Wang KY, Wang J, Cheng L, Zhu JY, Zhao YM, Wang C. Mixed Solvothermal Synthesis of T n Cluster-Based Indium and Gallium Sulfides Using Versatile Ammonia or Amine Structure-Directing Agents. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:7115-7127. [PMID: 33926189 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Metal chalcogenide supertetrahedral Tn clusters are of current interest for their unique compositions and structures, which rely highly on the structure-directing agents. Herein, we report four novel Tn cluster-based indium and gallium sulfides, namely, [NH(CH3)3]4In4S10H4 (1), (NH3)4Ga4S6 (2), [NH3CH2CH3]5(NH2CH2CH3)2Ga11S19 (3), and [NH3CH2CH2OH]6Ga10S18·2NH2CH2CH2OH (4). All four compounds were solvothermally synthesized in mixed amine-ethanol solutions or deep eutectic solvent (DES), where ammonia/amine molecules play significant structure-directing roles in the speciation and crystal growth. (1) Being protonated, the trimethylamine and ethanolamine molecules surround the T2-[In4S10H4]4- clusters (for 1) and [Ga10S18]n6n- open framework (for 4), respectively, compensating for the negative charge of the inorganic moieties. (2) With the lone pair of electrons, the ammonia molecules in 2 coordinate directly to corner Ga3+ ions of the {Ga4S6} cage to give a neutral T2-(NH3)4Ga4S6 cluster. (3) For compound 3, part of the ethylamine molecules act as terminating ligands for the T1 and T3 units in the [Ga11S19(NH2CH2CH3)2]n5n- layer, while the rest act as interlamellar countercations upon protonation. Theoretical studies reveal the contributions of N, C, and H to the density of states (DOS) for 2 and 3 because of their hybrid structures that combine the ammonia/amine ligands with sulfide moieties together.
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- Meng Sun
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China.,National Engineering Research Center for Optoelectronic Crystalline Materials, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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Peng Y, Hu Q, Liu Y, Li J, Huang X. Discrete Supertetrahedral Tn Chalcogenido Clusters Synthesized in Ionic Liquids: Crystal Structures and Photocatalytic Activity. Chempluschem 2020; 85:2487-2498. [PMID: 33215856 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Discrete supertetrahedral Tn chalcogenido clusters, which can be regarded as the smallest semiconductor quantum dots with precise chemical composition, have attracted considerable attention due to their outstanding photoluminescent, photoelectric, and photo/electrocatalytic properties. Such discrete molecular clusters are suitable for solution processing towards functional materials and can be used as precursors for constructing open-framework chalcogenides. Traditionally they were synthesized hydro(solvo)thermally with molecular solvents (e. g. water or organic amines), while until recently imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) were found suitable for their preparation acting as reactive solvent and stabilizer for molecular clusters. We discuss herein recent advances in the syntheses, crystal structures, and selected properties of discrete supertetrahedral Tn chalcogenido clusters obtained in ILs. In particular, the enhanced photocatalytic properties of monodispersed Tn clusters in solvents are highlighted.
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- Yingchen Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China.,College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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Zhang J, Bu X, Feng P, Wu T. Metal Chalcogenide Supertetrahedral Clusters: Synthetic Control over Assembly, Dispersibility, and Their Functional Applications. Acc Chem Res 2020; 53:2261-2272. [PMID: 32877164 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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ConspectusMetal chalcogenide supertetrahedral clusters (MCSCs) bear the closest structural resemblance to II-VI or I-III-VI semiconductor nanocrystals and can be considered as well-defined ultrasmall "quantum dots" (QDs). Compared to traditional colloidal QDs that are typically associated with size dispersity, irregular surface atomic structures, poorly defined core-ligand interfaces, and random defect/dopant sites, the nano- or subnano-sized MCSCs feature precise structural properties such as atomically uniform size, precise structure, and ordered dopant distribution, all of which offer ample opportunities for a broad and in-depth understanding of the correlation between the precise local structure and site- or size-dependent properties, which are critical to the exploitation of their functional applications. Our previous Account in 2005 provided a narrative on the efforts to expand the structural diversity of open-framework materials using different-sized and compositionally tunable clusters as building blocks with a primary objective of integrating the semiconducting properties with porosity in zeolite-type solids. Over the past 15 years, significant progress has been made, particularly in the synthetic control of discrete clusters, allowing the establishment of the composition-structure-property correlation of the MCSCs to guide the optimization of their properties for various applications. In the present Account, the recent progress in MCSC-based chemistry is reviewed from three aspects: (1) controllable synthesis of new members and types of MCSC models and the development of organic-ligand-directed hybrid assembly modes for MCSC-based open frameworks; (2) new synthetic strategies for the discretization of MCSCs in crystal lattice and their dispersibility in solvents, affording practical applications of pure inorganic MCSCs as nanomaterials; and (3) functionality of MCSC-based materials including photochemical and electrochemical properties triggered by precise dopant/defect sites, open-framework-related functional expansion via host-guest chemistry, and dispersed cluster-based composite materials with synergy from functional multimetallic components. All these advances show that MCSCs with well-defined structures and atomically precise dopant/defect sites are powerful model systems for establishing the precise structure-composition-property correlation and understanding the photophysical dynamic behaviors, both of which are difficult or impossible to achieve in the traditional QD system. Perspectives on their potential applications are presented in terms of the amorphous assemblies of monodispersed MCSCs, MCSC-based two-dimensional layered materials, and optical/electronic devices.
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- Jiaxu Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, California 90840, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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Xue C, Zhang L, Wang X, Hu D, Wang XL, Zhang J, Zhou R, Li DS, Su H, Wu T. Enhanced Water Dispersibility of Discrete Chalcogenide Nanoclusters with a Sodalite-Net Loose-Packing Pattern in a Crystal Lattice. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:15587-15594. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chaozhuang Xue
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei 443002, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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Wang Y, Hu Q, Jin J, Li J, Li J, Huang X. [Bmmim] 6[In 10Se 16Cl 4]·(MIm) 2: an organic-ligand free discrete T3 cluster for efficient hydrogen evolution under visible light irradiation. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:5020-5023. [PMID: 32196029 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00013b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An indium selenide [Bmmim]6[In10Se16Cl4]·(MIm)2 (Bmmim = 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium, MIm = 1-methylimidazole) cluster has been synthesized and characterized. The discrete T3 cluster could be stably dispersed in dimethyl sulfoxide, exhibiting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity at least six times that of the pristine in the solid state due to the exposure of more active sites.
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- Yanqi Wang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, People's Republic of China and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
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Xue C, Fan X, Zhang J, Hu D, Wang XL, Wang X, Zhou R, Lin H, Li Y, Li DS, Wei X, Zheng D, Yang Y, Han K, Wu T. Direct observation of charge transfer between molecular heterojunctions based on inorganic semiconductor clusters. Chem Sci 2020; 11:4085-4096. [PMID: 34122874 PMCID: PMC8152627 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc00458h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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A deep understanding of the dynamics of photogenerated charge carriers is extremely important for promoting their germination in semiconductors to enhance the efficiency of solar energy conversion. In contrast to that of organic molecular heterojunctions (which are widely employed in organic solar cells), the charge transfer dynamics of purely inorganic molecular heterojunctions remains unexplored. Herein, we reveal the dynamics of charge transfer between inorganic semiconductor molecular heteroclusters by selecting a group of open-framework metal chalcogenides as unique structure models constructed from supertetrahedral T3-InS ([In10S20]) and T4-MInS ([M4In16S35], M = Mn or Fe) clusters. The staggered band gap alignment in T3-T4-MInS molecular heterojunctions enables the photogenerated charge carriers to be directionally transferred from T3-InS clusters to adjacent T4-MInS clusters upon irradiation or application of an external electric field. The simultaneous independence of and interactions between such two heteroclusters are investigated by theoretical calculations, steady- and transient-state absorption/photoluminescence spectroscopy, and surface photovoltage analysis. Moreover, the dynamics of cluster-to-cluster-to-dopant photogenerated charge transfer is deliberately elucidated. Thus, this work demonstrates the direct observation of charge transfer between molecular heterojunctions based on purely inorganic semiconductor clusters and is expected to promote the development of cluster-based semiconductors for solar cells. Charge transfer between inter-clusters is directly observed in inorganic molecular heterojunctions.![]()
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- Chaozhuang Xue
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 China
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- Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, China Three Gorges University Yichang 443002 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science Dalian 116023 China.,Institute of Molecular Sciences and Engineering, Shandong University Qingdao 266235 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science Dalian 116023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science Dalian 116023 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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Wang Y, Zhu Z, Sun Z, Hu Q, Li J, Jiang J, Huang X. Discrete Supertetrahedral T5 Selenide Clusters and Their Se/S Solid Solutions: Ionic-Liquid-Assisted Precursor Route Syntheses and Photocatalytic Properties. Chemistry 2020; 26:1624-1632. [PMID: 31971636 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Although supertetrahedral Tn sulfide clusters (n=2-6) have been extensively explored, the synthesis of Tn selenide clusters with n>4 has not been achieved thus far. Reported here are ionic-liquid (IL)-assisted precursor route syntheses, characterizations, and the photocatalytic properties of six new M-In-Q (M=Cu or Cd; Q=Se or Se/S) chalcogenide compounds, namely [Bmmim]12 Cu5 In30 Q52 Cl3 (Im) (Q=Se (T5-1), Se48.5 S3.5 (T5-2); Bmmim=1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium, Im=imidazole), [Bmmim]11 Cd6 In28 Q52 Cl3 (MIm) (Q=Se (T5-3), Se28.5 S23.5 (T5-4), Se16 S36 (T5-5); MIm=1-methylimidazole), and [Bmmim]9 Cd6 In28 Se8 S44 Cl(MIm)3 (T5-6). The cluster compounds T5-1 and T5-3 represent the largest molecular supertetrahedral Tn selenide clusters to date. Under visible-light illumination, the Cu-In-Q compounds showed photocatalytic activity towards the decomposition of crystal violet, whereas the Cd-In-Q compounds exhibited good photocatalytic H2 evolution activity. Interestingly, the experimental results show that the photocatalytic performances of the selenide/sulfide solid solutions were significantly better than those of their selenide analogues, for example, the degradation time of the organic dye with T5-2 was much shorter than that with T5-1, whereas the photocatalytic H2 evolution efficiencies with T5-3-T5-6 improved significantly with increasing sulfur content. This work highlights the significance of IL-assisted precursor route synthesis and the tuning of photocatalytic properties through the formation of solid solutions.
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- Yanqi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China.,College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Applied Chemistry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Applied Chemistry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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Wu Z, Wang XL, Hu D, Wu S, Liu C, Wang X, Zhou R, Li DS, Wu T. A new cluster-based chalcogenide zeolite analogue with a large inter-cluster bridging angle. Inorg Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qi01051c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A new cluster-based chalcogenide zeolite analogue with a large inter-cluster bridging angle.
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- Zhou Wu
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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- College of Materials and Chemical Engineering
- Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid
- Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials
- China Three Gorges University
- Yichang 443002
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Jiangsu 215123
- China
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