Copper Nanoclusters: Cu(14) Cluster with Partial Cu(0) Character: Difference in Electronic Structure from Isostructural Silver Analog (Adv. Sci. 18/2019)

In article number 1900833, Zhao‐Yang Wang, Shuang‐Quan Zang, and co‐workers present a simultaneous reduction strategy to synthesize an atom‐precise Cu(0)‐containing cluster Cu(14)‐8CH(3)CN with carborane dithiolate as the reducing‐cum‐protecting agent. Density functional theory calculations show that its electronic structure differs significantly from the superatom electronic configuration of the isostructural Ag(14) analog. Moreover, Cu(14)‐8CH(3)CN shows room‐temperature luminescence and good electrocatalytic activities in the ethanol oxidation reaction and detection of H(2)O(2). [Image: see text]