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Frontispiece: Recent Progress on the Design, Characterization, and Application of Superalkalis
Author(s) -
Sun WeiMing,
Wu Di
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201984162
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , characterization (materials science) , cluster (spacecraft) , materials science , nanomaterials , hydrogen storage , hydrogen , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , programming language
Superalkalis are clusters or molecules featuring lower ionization energies (IEs) than that of cesium atoms, and thus exhibit excellent reducing properties. They have great potential to be used in the synthesis of unusual charge‐transfer salts and cluster‐assembled nanomaterials with tailored properties, in the reduction of carbon dioxide, or as hydrogen storage materials and noble‐gas‐trapping agents. This Review by W.‐M. Sun and D. Wu on page 9568 ff. provides a broad overview of the research field and also highlights the prospect of further extending the experimental synthesis and practical application of superalkalis.