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Inside Cover: Creation of High‐Performance Heterogeneous Photocatalysts by Controlling Ligand Desorption and Particle Size of Gold Nanocluster (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39/2021)
Author(s) -
Kawawaki Tokuhisa,
Kataoka Yuki,
Hirata Momoko,
Akinaga Yuki,
Takahata Ryo,
Wakamatsu Kosuke,
Fujiki Yu,
Kataoka Miori,
Kikkawa Soichi,
Alotabi Abdulrahman S.,
Hossain Sakiat,
Osborn D. J.,
Teranishi Toshiharu,
Andersson Gunther G.,
Metha Gregory F.,
Yamazoe Seiji,
Negishi Yuichi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202108478
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , calcination , ligand (biochemistry) , materials science , oxide , metal , nanotechnology , desorption , photocatalysis , particle size , chemical engineering , adsorption , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , receptor , engineering
A ligand‐desorption process during calcination was followed for metal‐oxide‐supported 2‐phenylethanethiolate‐protected gold 25‐atom metal nanoclusters (NCs) using five experimental techniques by Yuichi Negishi and co‐workers in their Research Article on page 21340. Based on the obtained knowledge, a method to form a metal‐oxide layer on the surface of Au NCs while preventing their aggregation was established, and thereby a water‐splitting photocatalyst with high activity and stability was created.