Controlling the Crystallographic Packing Modes of Pt1Ag28 Nanoclusters: Effects on the Optical Properties and Nitrogen Adsorption-Desorption Performances

Xi Kang; Xiao Wei; Shan Jin; Shuxin Wang; Manzhou Zhu

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02570

Controlling the Crystallographic Packing Modes of Pt₁Ag₂₈ Nanoclusters: Effects on the Optical Properties and Nitrogen Adsorption-Desorption Performances

Inorg Chem. 2021 Apr 5;60(7):4198-4206. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02570. Epub 2020 Oct 25.

Authors

Xi Kang^{1

2}, Xiao Wei^{1

2}, Shan Jin^{2

3}, Shuxin Wang^{1

2}, Manzhou Zhu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China.
² Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China.
³ Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, P. R. China.

PMID: 33103416
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02570

Abstract

We herein report the manipulation of the crystallographic packing modes of Pt₁Ag₂₈(S-Adm)₁₈(PPh₃)₄ nanoclusters by altering counterions as different polyoxometalates (POMs). Specifically, the Cl^- anion of the presynthesized Pt₁Ag₂₈ nanocluster was substituted by POM anions including [Mo₆O₁₉]^2-, [W₆O₁₉]^2-, or [PW₁₂O₄₀]^3-. The crystal lattices of these Pt₁Ag₂₈ nanoclusters with diverse anions showed distinct packing modes and thus manifested remarkably distinguishable crystalline-state optical properties and nitrogen adsorption-desorption performances. Overall, the combination of intercluster control in this work and intracluster control reported previously (the control over metal-ligand within the nanocluster framework) accomplished a more comprehensive manipulation over the M₂₉(SR)₁₈(PR'₃)₄ nanocluster system, which enables us to further grasp the structure-property correlations at the atomic level.