Open AccessCopper Nanoclusters: Cu 14 Cluster with Partial Cu(0) Character: Difference in Electronic Structure from Isostructural Silver Analog (Adv. Sci. 18/2019)
Author(s) -
Li YanLing,
Wang Jie,
Luo Peng,
Ma XiaoHong,
Dong XiYan,
Wang ZhaoYang,
Du ChenXia,
Zang ShuangQuan,
Mak Thomas C. W.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.388
H-Index - 100
ISSN - 2198-3844
DOI - 10.1002/advs.201970108
Subject(s) - isostructural , nanoclusters , superatom , cluster (spacecraft) , copper , electronic structure , chemistry , atom (system on chip) , character (mathematics) , density functional theory , materials science , crystallography , nanotechnology , computational chemistry , crystal structure , organic chemistry , computer science , geometry , mathematics , programming language , embedded system
In article number 1900833, Zhao‐Yang Wang, Shuang‐Quan Zang, and co‐workers present a simultaneous reduction strategy to synthesize an atom‐precise Cu 0 ‐containing cluster Cu 14 ‐8CH 3 CN with carborane dithiolate as the reducing‐cum‐protecting agent. Density functional theory calculations show that its electronic structure differs significantly from the superatom electronic configuration of the isostructural Ag 14 analog. Moreover, Cu 14 ‐8CH 3 CN shows room‐temperature luminescence and good electrocatalytic activities in the ethanol oxidation reaction and detection of H 2 O 2 .