Hyperstable chromium(III)/manganese(II) bimetallic wheel clusters with visible photoactivity

Junxiang Zhang; Jian Zhang; Xuguang Liu; Tingting Xu; Shengjun Liu; Xudong Hou; Jing Tong; Yan Wang; Yang Wang; Mohamed K. Albolkany; Bo Liu

doi:10.1039/C9DT02006C

Hyperstable chromium(iii)/manganese(ii) bimetallic wheel clusters with visible photoactivity†

Junxiang Zhang,

^a Jian Zhang,^b Xuguang Liu,^c Tingting Xu,^a Shengjun Liu,^a Xudong Hou,^a Jing Tong,^a Yan Wang,^a Yang Wang,^a Mohamed K. Albolkany^a and Bo Liu

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^a Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, Hefei Science Center of CAS, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
E-mail: liuchem@ustc.edu.cn

^b School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, Anhui 230021, P. R. China

^c Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China

Abstract

Two new chromium and manganese bimetallic nanoclusters, [Cr_8−xMn_x(OH)_8−x(H₂O)_x(OOCC₆H₅)₁₆, x = 1.11] (1) and [Cr₄Mn₄O₄(OOCC₆H₅)₁₂·3CH₃CN·H₂O] (2), have been synthesized in a one-pot solvothermal reaction in this work. Under visible irradiation, cluster 1 can produce an increased photocurrent and exhibits significant visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for H₂ evolution in an aqueous system. Most importantly, it exhibits ultrahigh stability in both acid and base aqueous solutions, making it an excellent synthon for preparing functional materials.

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