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End-On Bound Iridium Dinuclear Heterogeneous Catalysts on WO(3) for Solar Water Oxidation

[Image: see text] Heterogeneous catalysts with atomically defined active centers hold great promise for high-performance applications. Among them, catalysts featuring active moieties with more than one metal atom are important for chemical reactions that require synergistic effects but are rarer tha...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Yanyan, Yan, Xingxu, Yang, Ke R., Cao, Sufeng, Dong, Qi, Thorne, James E., Materna, Kelly L., Zhu, Shasha, Pan, Xiaoqing, Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Maria, Brudvig, Gary W., Batista, Victor S., Wang, Dunwei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6161057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30276249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.8b00335
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Sumario:[Image: see text] Heterogeneous catalysts with atomically defined active centers hold great promise for high-performance applications. Among them, catalysts featuring active moieties with more than one metal atom are important for chemical reactions that require synergistic effects but are rarer than single atom catalysts (SACs). The difficulty in synthesizing such catalysts has been a key challenge. Recent progress in preparing dinuclear heterogeneous catalysts (DHCs) from homogeneous molecular precursors has provided an effective route to address this challenge. Nevertheless, only side-on bound DHCs, where both metal atoms are affixed to the supporting substrate, have been reported. The competing end-on binding mode, where only one metal atom is attached to the substrate and the other metal atom is dangling, has been missing. Here, we report the first observation that end-on binding is indeed possible for Ir DHCs supported on WO(3). Unambiguous evidence supporting the binding mode was obtained by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy and high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy. Density functional theory calculations provide additional support for the binding mode, as well as insights into how end-on bound DHCs may be beneficial for solar water oxidation reactions. The results have important implications for future studies of highly effective heterogeneous catalysts for complex chemical reactions.