Assembly of copper-clusters into a framework: enhancing the structural stability and photocatalytic HER performance

Yue Xu; Qing-Guo Dong; Jian-Peng Dong; Huan Zhang; Bo Li; Rui Wang; Shuang-Quan Zang

doi:10.1039/d3cc00275f

Assembly of copper-clusters into a framework: enhancing the structural stability and photocatalytic HER performance

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Mar 9;59(21):3067-3070. doi: 10.1039/d3cc00275f.

Authors

Yue Xu¹, Qing-Guo Dong¹, Jian-Peng Dong¹, Huan Zhang¹, Bo Li², Rui Wang¹, Shuang-Quan Zang¹

Affiliations

¹ Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. zangsqzg@zzu.edu.cn.
² Collaborative Innovation Center of Water Security for Water Source Region of Mid-line of South-to-North Diversion Project of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Pharmacy Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, China. libony0107@nynu.edu.cn.

PMID: 36825525
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00275f

Abstract

We synthesized a novel Cu₈ cluster and employed it as a building block to further obtain a copper cluster-based MOF material (CCMOF). Compared with the Cu₈ cluster precursor, the periodically constructed CCMOF exhibited better structural stability, and showed enhanced photocatalytic H₂ evolution performance due to efficient mass/charge transportation benefitting from the ordered porous framework structure. This two-step grafting construction strategy is of great significance to the exploration of copper clusters in catalytic applications.