本项目Zintl团簇化学主要研究新型裸露主族-过渡金属阴离子团簇的合成，结构与反应性。开展新的K-M-Pn三元Zintl相（M = 过渡金属；Pn = Sb， Bi）的高温固相合成、固态结构及其溶液化学，发展和完善各种Zintl团簇理论规则，溶液中的簇结构重组规律以及和各种金属有机试剂的化学反应性。研究碳族Zintl离子（如[Ge9]4-）与过渡金属羰基化（簇）合物的杂化成簇反应以及与各种金属有机多重键的氧化偶合反应，探索羰基参与下的新型氧化偶合反应,建立和发展新的前沿交叉学科：Zintl-（金属）有机团簇有机化学。探讨表面活性剂导向的碳族Zintl氧化偶合这一新的"bottom-up"方法制备半导体纳米孔洞材料，研究其对染料分子吸附，为发展新型高效双重光电流染料敏化半导体太阳能电池提供新的技术平台。

This research project of Zintl chemistry mainly deals with the syntheses, structures and reactivities of naked clusters anions built of heavy main-group elements and transition (rare earth) metals. Probing the high-temperature solid state syntheses, solid state structures and solution chemistry of novel K-M-Pn ternary Zintl phases(M = transition (rare earth) metals; Pn = Sb, Bi) will be one of the main research programs, armed at understanding theoretical rules governing the formation of the solid state structures, structural rearrangement in solution and the reactivity towards varied organometallic reagents. The chemical reactions between group 14 Zintl ions and metal carbonyl clusters/multiply bonded organometallic species will be the second main research program to develop a new type of Zintl-carbonyl hybridized clusters and new oxidative coupling in the presence of metal crbonyl clusters, establishing frantier interdiscipline： Zintl-organometallic cluster chemistry. This research project is also armed at preparing nano-sized semiconducting porous materials by employing "bottom-up" method, namely surfactant-directed oxidative coupling of Zintl anion precursors, and exploring their adsorption of dye-sensitized molecules, providing platform for advanced highly efficient dye-sesitized solar cell.