Stabilizing ultrasmall Au clusters for enhanced photoredox catalysis

Bo Weng; Kang-Qiang Lu; Zichao Tang; Hao Ming Chen; Yi-Jun Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04020-2

Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Stabilizing ultrasmall Au clusters for enhanced photoredox catalysis

Bo Weng,
Kang-Qiang Lu,
Zichao Tang,
Hao Ming Chen,
Yi-Jun Xu

Affiliations

Bo Weng: State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University
Kang-Qiang Lu: State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University
Zichao Tang: State Key Laboratory of for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Hao Ming Chen: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
Yi-Jun Xu: State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04020-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The improvement of photostability of Au clusters on metal-support interface remains challenging. Here, the authors report a joint strategy via interfacial modification and composition manipulation to enhance the photostability and activity of glutathione-protected Au clusters.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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