Functionalization of polyoxometalates: towards advanced applications in catalysis and materials science
Abstract
Functionalization via covalent grafting of organic functions allows to tune the redox and acid–base properties, and the solubility of polyoxometalates, to enhance their stability and biological activity and to reduce their toxicity, to facilitate their implementation in extended structures and functional devices. We discuss herein the electronic and binding connections, and the various synthesis methodologies. We emphasize on organonitrogen,