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Published on: May 21, 2019
Assembly of copper-clusters into a framework: enhancing the structural stability and photocatalytic HER performance
Yue Xu1, Qing-Guo Dong1, Jian-Peng Dong1
1Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. zangsqzg@zzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We synthesized a novel Cu8 cluster and employed it as a building block to further obtain a copper cluster-based MOF material (CCMOF). Compared with the Cu8 cluster precursor, the periodically constructed CCMOF exhibited better structural stability, and showed enhanced photocatalytic H2 evolution performance due to efficient mass/charge transportation benefitting from the ordered porous framework structure. This two-step grafting construction strategy is of great significance to the exploration of copper clusters in catalytic applications.
