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Cheng Shi1, Min Zhang, Xinxin Hang
1College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun 113001, P. R. China. biyanfeng@lnpu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A high-nuclearity nanoscale Cd24 cluster has been hydrothermally synthesized by assembly of Cd4-TC4A (H4TC4A = p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene) second building units (SBUs) and in situ generated peroxy(mono)phosphate PO53- groups and peroxyphenoxide groups of TC4A. The cluster was structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray diffractions. Photocatalytic studies revealed that the highest nuclearity Cd,S-co-rich Cd24 cluster exhibits enhanced photocatalytic water splitting activities compared to the sandwich Cd4(TC4A)2 (Cd4) cluster under the same conditions in the absence of a co-catalyst. The nanostructure of Cd24 incorporated both peroxyphosphate and peroxyphenoxide groups, which increased the metal coordination numbers to give more labile Cd-O/S bonds and is believed to be the key feature that enables the significant photocatalytic water splitting activities.
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