Lanthanide-containing clusters for catalytic water splitting and CO2 conversion

Organic–inorganic hybrid phosphite-participating S-shaped penta-CeIII-incorporated tellurotungstate as an electrochemical enzymatic hydrogen peroxide sensor for β-d-glucose detection

“…The development of synthetic strategies has promoted important advances in the design of complex cluster architectures such as polyoxometalates (POMs). [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] These metal-oxygen clusters with unmatched physical and chemical properties not only represent a tremendous range of crystalline inorganic clusters but also have been employed as fundamental building blocks to construct novel gigantic cluster-based functional materials with special electronic characteristics, [9][10][11][12] nano-sized structures, [13][14][15][16] and unique photoelectric or magnetic properties. [17][18][19][20][21] In the realm of POMs, heteropolyoxotungstates (HPOTs) are of great importance due to their high structural stability, diverse vacant building blocks and multiple application potentials, and have been extensively used and systematically explored for novel structural design purposes and application considerations.…”

“…The development of synthetic strategies has promoted important advances in the design of complex cluster architectures such as polyoxometalates (POMs). 1–8 These metal–oxygen clusters with unmatched physical and chemical properties not only represent a tremendous range of crystalline inorganic clusters but also have been employed as fundamental building blocks to construct novel gigantic cluster-based functional materials with special electronic characteristics, 9–12 nano-sized structures, 13–16 and unique photoelectric or magnetic properties. 17–21…”

Asymmetric Cyanosilylation of Aldehydes by a Lewis Acid/Base Synergistic Catalyst of Chiral Metal Clusters

“…Among the various artificial catalysts, metal clusters that include an independent bridging oxygen atom and unsaturated coordination of metal sites in the structure, which combine to provide ideal bifunctional catalytic sites of Lewis acid and Lewis base, are of high significance . In addition, the well-defined structure of the metal clusters is conducive for the study of catalytic mechanism, which can provide insight into the rational design of diversified metal clusters. − In particular, chiral metal clusters bearing Lewis acid and Lewis base sites are regarded as a new class of synergistic catalysts for asymmetric catalysis. Moreover, heterogeneous chiral metal clusters with recyclability and reusability for asymmetric cyanosilylation have not been reported yet .…”

Metal-Oxo Cluster Catalysts for Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Carbon Dioxide Reduction

“…Recently, POMs have been widely used in photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen, as well as carbon dioxide photoreduction. Moreover, various rare earth metal clusters have been widely investigated because of their good performance and extensively tunable catalytic properties in photocatalysis [19]. Recently, low-cost transition metals with unfilled valence 3d orbitals have been constructed into transition metal clusters with tens or hundreds of atoms, which may achieve excellent performance for photocatalysis via an interatomic coupling or synergistic excitation [20,21].…”