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Preparation of Polyoxometalate-based Photo-responsive Membranes for the Photo-activation of Manganese Oxide Catalysts
Published on: August 7, 2018
Oxalate-assisted assembly of two polyoxotantalate supramolecular frameworks with proton conduction properties
Yong Yu1, Rong-Da Lai1, Cai Sun1
1Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, China.
Abstract:
An oxalate-assisted strategy was first developed for creating new polyoxotantalates (POTas). With this strategy, two brand-new POTa supramolecular frameworks based on uncommon dimeric POTa secondary building units (SBUs) were constructed and characterized. Interestingly, the oxalate ligand can not only serve as a coordination ligand to form unique POTa SBUs but also act as a key hydrogen bond acceptor to construct supramolecular architectures. Besides, the architectures show outstanding proton conductivity. The strategy opens up new opportunities for developing new POTa materials.
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