Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and H2 Evolution Study of a Spheroid-Shape Hydride-Rich Copper Nanocluster
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and H2 Evolution Study of a Spheroid-Shape Hydride-Rich Copper Nanocluster
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10.1002/slct.201800765
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发表时间:
2018-04-09
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2.1
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Liu, C. W.
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Dhayal, Rajendra S.;Chen, Hsuan-Ping;Liu, C. W.
This study reports on new bis-2-butyl dithiophosphate-stabilized polyhydrido copper nanoclusters, [Cu-32(H)(20){S2P((OBu)-Bu-2)(2)}(12)], 1(H), and [Cu20H11{S2P((OBu)-Bu-2)(2)}(9)], 2(H). The clusters 1(H) and 2(H) have been characterized by a variety of techniques including multinuclear NMR (H-1, H-2, P-31), electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and low temperature X-ray crystallography. The presence of hydride ligands was supported by the (HNMR)-H-2 spectrum of the deuteride analogs [Cu-32(D)(20){S2P((OBu)-Bu-2)(2))(12)], 1(D) and [Cu20D11{S2P((OBu)-Bu-2)(2)}(9)], 2(D). The metal skeleton of 1(H) revealed that a hexacapped rhombohedron of fourteen copper atoms was sandwiched between two sets of eighteen (9x2) copper atoms in a cup shape and the entire cluster is an elongated triangular gyrobicupola. The metal core is stabilized by 20 hydride ligands via various (mu(3), mu(4), mu(5))-H coordination modes and 12 dithiophosphate ligands coordinated either in tetrametallic tetraconnective (eta(4): mu(2), mu(2)) or trimetallic tetraconnective (eta(3): mu(2): mu(2)) patterns. The structural motif of 2(H) showed fascinating correlations with H-1 having an elongated triangular orthobicupola framework of eighteen (9x2) copper atoms with an encapsulated linear Cu-2 unit along the C-3 axis and protected by 11 (mu(3), mu(4))-H and 9 dithiophosphate ligands in a tetrametallic tetraconnective (eta(4): mu(2), mu(2)) mode. The isopropyl derivatives, [Cu-32(H)(20){S2P((OPr)-Pr-i)(2)}(12)], 3(H) and [Cu-20(H)(11){S2P((OPr)-Pr-i)(2)}(9)], 4(H), were used to study H-2 evolution under different physico-chemical conditions and proved to be excellent models for hydrogen storage materials. Additionally, following H-2 evolution under sunlight irradiation, mild thermolysis (similar to 60 C-o) and acidification, cluster 3(H) converted into [Cu-8(H){S2P((OPr)-Pr-i)(2)}(6)](+), 5(H). Intriguingly 5(H) can react with Cu+ salt in the presence of [BH4](-) and re-form 3(H). Cluster 4(H) also reproducibly re-formed via the reaction between 5(H) and [BH4](-) from which a continuous cycle of cluster conversion and H-2 evolution is proposed. Rhombus-shaped copper nanoparticles fabricated from further reductions of 3(H) and 4(H) showed the intermediary role of metal hydrides in the formation of metal nanoparticles under wet chemical methods.