From T2,2@Bmmim to Alkali@T2,2@Bmmim Ivory Ball-like Clusters: Ionothermal Syntheses, Precise Doping, and Photocatalytic Properties

Cheng-Feng Du; Jian-Rong Li; Bo Zhang; Nan-Nan Shen; Xiao-Ying Huang

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00652

From T2,2@Bmmim to Alkali@T2,2@Bmmim Ivory Ball-like Clusters: Ionothermal Syntheses, Precise Doping, and Photocatalytic Properties

Inorg Chem. 2015 Jun 15;54(12):5874-8. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00652. Epub 2015 Jun 2.

Authors

Cheng-Feng Du^{1

2}, Jian-Rong Li¹, Bo Zhang^{1

2}, Nan-Nan Shen^{1

2}, Xiao-Ying Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ †State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, People's Republic of China.
² ‡University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 26034842
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00652

Abstract

Presented here are the syntheses, structures, and properties of an In-Sn-Se compound based on a ternary super-supertetrahedral T2,2 cluster nested by Bmmim cations and two of its alkali-doped quaternary analogues. By means of a one-pot ionothermal method, an alkali metal ion (Cs(+) or Rb(+)) could be precisely doped into the central cavity of the cluster, forming an alkali@T2,2@Bmmim quaternary cluster. Remarkably, the undoped compound exhibited excellent stability and visible light photodegradation ability over a wide range of pH, especially in acidic conditions.