Soluble lanthanide-transition-metal clusters Ln36Co12 as effective molecular electrocatalysts for water oxidation

Rong Chen; Chao-Long Chen; Ming-Hao Du; Xing Wang; Cheng Wang; La-Sheng Long; Xiang-Jian Kong; Lan-Sun Zheng

doi:10.1039/d0cc08132a

Soluble lanthanide-transition-metal clusters Ln₃₆Co₁₂ as effective molecular electrocatalysts for water oxidation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Apr 14;57(29):3611-3614. doi: 10.1039/d0cc08132a. Epub 2021 Mar 16.

Authors

Rong Chen¹, Chao-Long Chen, Ming-Hao Du, Xing Wang, Cheng Wang, La-Sheng Long, Xiang-Jian Kong, Lan-Sun Zheng

Affiliation

¹ Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China. xjkong@xmu.edu.cn.

PMID: 33723563
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc08132a

Abstract

Here we report for the first time soluble lanthanide-transition-metal clusters Ln₃₆Co₁₂ (Ln = Eu, Gd and Dy) as effective homogeneous water oxidation electrocatalysts. The stable 48-metal Ln₃₆Co₁₂ clusters show an effective water oxidation activity under acidic conditions because of the synergistic effect between lanthanide and transition metals in O-O bond formation.