A {Co}-Added Polyoxometalate for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution.

Molecules

MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China.

Published: January 2023

A polyanion cluster HNaCs[Co(μ-OH)(HO)(HPO)(B-α-PWO)]Cl·40HO () was made with the guidance of the lacunary directing strategy under hydrothermal conditions. Compound was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis, respectively. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses showed that consists of three anions [B-α-PWO] and a cyclic cationic [Co(μ-OH)(HO)] and two anions HPO. Variable-magnetic properties indicate antiferromagnetic interactions in . Visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution tests demonstrated that was an efficient water reduction catalyst with an H evolution rate of 1217.6 μmol h g.

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