International Network on Polyoxometalate Science for Advanced Functional Energy Materials

金属氧化物在先进技术中随处可见，但对结构、成分和氧化还原状态的控制可能存在问题，而且往往需要复杂的加工。相比之下，多金属氧酸盐(POMS)是一种分子氧化物，能够从溶液中实现先进金属氧化物和杂化材料的纳米工程。这导致了POM化学的新纪元和基于POM的材料研究的显着扩展。能源可持续性是全球主要挑战之一，而新材料是成功的关键。通过获得对POM行为的详细了解，目标是制造基于POM的材料，使我们能够在能量转换和存储的核心设计电子转移、电荷存储和化学变化。通过EPSRC-JSPS核心到核心合作巩固这一领域的活动，将加速实现这一成果的发展，具有重大社会和经济影响的潜力。这一合作网络由纽卡斯尔大学和广岛大学联合协调，涉及来自德国、法国和中国的研究小组，为能源应用中POM基先进功能材料的新研究提供了一个充满活力的英日轴心。它包括并将促进新一代研究人员的出现，并将促进POM化学的跨学科吸收，以造福于材料界的更广泛利益。EPSRC-JSPS核心到核心计划将把英国置于这一重要倡议的核心，在准备这份意向书期间已经产生的势头证明了国际社会对这样一个网络的热情。合作项目将解决POM材料界面上的基本电子转移、电荷分离和反应性问题，提供更好的合成和设计所需的理解，从而提高材料性能和新的颠覆性技术。

Metal oxides are ubiquitous in advanced technologies, but control over structure, composition and redox state can be problematic and often requires sophisticated processing. By comparison, polyoxometalates (POMs) are molecular oxides that enable nanoscale engineering of advanced metal oxide and hybrid materials from solution. This has resulted in a new era for POM chemistry and a remarkable expansion of POM-based materials research.Energy sustainability is one of the major global challenges and new materials hold the key to success. By gaining detailed knowledge of POM behaviour, the goal is to make POM-based materials that enable us to engineer electron-transfer, charge storage and chemical changes at the heart of energy conversion and storage. Consolidating activities in this field through the EPSRC-JSPS Core-to-Core Collaboration will accelerate developments towards this outcome, with potential for substantial societal and economic impact.This collaborative network, coordinated jointly by Newcastle and Hiroshima Universities and involving research groups from Germany, France and China, provides a dynamic UK-Japan axis for new research into POM-based advanced functional materials for energy applications. It includes, and will promote the emergence of, a new generation of researchers and will stimulate the interdisciplinary uptake of POM chemistry for the wider benefit of the materials community. The EPSRC-JSPS Core-to-Core scheme will place the UK at the heart of this important initiative and the momentum already generated during preparation of this expression of interest is a testament to the international enthusiasm for such a network. Collaborative projects will address fundamental electron transfer, charge separation and reactivity at interfaces in POM-based materials, providing the understanding required for better synthesis and design leading to improved material performance and new disruptive technologies.