Polyoxometalates (POMs): from electroactive clusters to energy materials

MR Horn, A Singh, S Alomari… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Polyoxometalates (POMs) represent a class of nanomaterials, which hold enormous
promise for a range of energy-related applications. Their promise is owing to their “special” …

Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

Design of molecular water oxidation catalysts with earth-abundant metal ions

M Kondo, H Tatewaki, S Masaoka - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The four-electron oxidation of water (2H2O→ O2+ 4H++ 4e−) is considered the main
bottleneck in artificial photosynthesis. In nature, this reaction is catalysed by a Mn4CaO5 …

Recent advances in polyoxometalate-catalyzed reactions

SS Wang, GY Yang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Polyoxometalates (POMs) are composed of cations and polyanion clusters 1 with structural
diversity, in which the oxometal polyhedra of MOx (x= 5, 6) are the basic construction units …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial photosynthesis: molecular systems for catalytic water oxidation

MD Karkas, O Verho, EV Johnston… - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The sustainable production of clean energy constitutes one of the most important scientific
challenges of the 21st century. Currently, the major part of the global energy supply is …

Dynamic light scattering: a powerful tool for in situ nanoparticle sizing

Z Jia, J Li, L Gao, D Yang, A Kanaev - Colloids and Interfaces, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to surface effects and quantum size effects, nanomaterials have properties that are
vastly different from those of bulk materials due to surface effects. The particle size …

Hybrid polyoxometalate materials for photo (electro-) chemical applications

JJ Walsh, AM Bond, RJ Forster, TE Keyes - Coordination Chemistry …, 2016 - Elsevier
Polyoxometalate (POM) based supramolecular assemblies have received significant
attention over recent years because of their unique and diverse redox and photochemical …

Polyoxometalate-based nickel clusters as visible light-driven water oxidation catalysts

XB Han, YG Li, ZM Zhang, HQ Tan, Y Lu… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Three new polyoxometalate (POM)-based polynuclear nickel clusters, Na24 [Ni12 (OH) 9
(CO3) 3 (PO4)(SiW9O34) 3]· 56H2O (1), Na25 [Ni13 (H2O) 3 (OH) 9 (PO4) 4 (SiW9O34) 3] …

Polyoxometalate-based cobalt–phosphate molecular catalysts for visible light-driven water oxidation

XB Han, ZM Zhang, T Zhang, YG Li, W Lin… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A series of all-inorganic, abundant-metal-based, high-nuclearity cobalt–phosphate (Co–Pi)
molecular catalysts [{Co4 (OH) 3 (PO4)} 4 (SiW9O34) 4] 32–(1),[{Co4 (OH) 3 (PO4)} 4 …

Nickel complexes as molecular catalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction

JW Wang, WJ Liu, DC Zhong, TB Lu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the most appealing strategies to address the problems of global warming and energy
shortage is to develop clean and sustainable energy source. To this end, considerable …