Doping Copper Atoms into the Nanocluster Kernel: Total Structure Determination of [Cu30Ag61(SAdm)38S3](BPh4)

Xuejuan Zou; Yangfeng Li; Shan Jin; Xi Kang; Xiao Wei; Shuxin Wang; Xiangming Meng; Manzhou Zhu

doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00271

Doping Copper Atoms into the Nanocluster Kernel: Total Structure Determination of [Cu₃₀Ag₆₁(SAdm)₃₈S₃](BPh₄)

J Phys Chem Lett. 2020 Mar 19;11(6):2272-2276. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00271. Epub 2020 Mar 6.

Authors

Xuejuan Zou^{1

2}, Yangfeng Li^{1

2}, Shan Jin^{3

2}, Xi Kang^{1

2}, Xiao Wei^{1

2}, Shuxin Wang^{1

2}, Xiangming Meng^{1

2}, Manzhou Zhu^{1

3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, AnHui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China.
² Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China.
³ Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 32141753
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00271

Abstract

Doping active metal (i.e., Cu) into the kernel of noble metal nanoclusters (i.e., Au/Ag nanocluster) remains challenging in the synthesis of alloy nanoclusters. Herein, we report the synthesis and the total structure determination of a bimetallic [Ag₆₁Cu₃₀(SAdm)₃₈S₃]BPh₄ (Ag₆₁Cu₃₀) nanocluster. The Ag₆₁Cu₃₀ nanocluster is composed of an Ag₁₃@Cu₃₀ kernel which is further capped by a peripheral Ag₄₈(SAdm)₃₈S₃ shell. The icosidodecahedron Cu₃₀ middle layer connects the innermost icosahedral Ag₁₃ core and Ag atoms at the outermost Ag₄₈(SR)₃₈S₃ shell, demonstrating that the Cu atoms in the Cu₃₀ layer are in a metallic state.