“…Both of these materials, whether in pure form or present in porous compounds, have been demonstrated to show an affinity for I 2(g) . 14,23,31,32 The target compounds for the selected metals implemented in this study included AlI 3 for aluminum, AgI for silver, CuI for copper, InI 3 for indium, MoI 2 or MoI 3 for molybdenum, NbI 5 for niobium, NiI 2 for nickel, PdI 2 for palladium, PtI 2 or PtI 4 for platinum, SnI 2 or SnI 4 for tin, and TaI 5 for tantalum. This provides a range of chemisorption oxidation states, including +1 (i.e., Ag + , Cu + ), +2 (Mo 2+ , Ni 2+ , Pd 2+ , Pt 2+ , Sn 2+ ), +3 (Al 3+ , In 3+ , Mo 3+ ), +4 (Pt 4+ , Sn 4+ ), and +5 (Nb 5+ , Ta 5+ ) to evaluate the different potential yields (see Figure 7a).…”