Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Hetero- and Homopolyatomic Metal Clusters in a Room Temperature Chloroaluminate Molten Salt

这项研究集中在分析和表面化学的一般领域，重点是熔盐化学。这项工作有望导致发现新的团簇(金属原子或金属和氯原子的集合)和已知团簇的新化学，以及更深入地了解熔盐中溶质离子-溶剂离子相互作用的性质和强度。将在以前工作的结果以及对同多原子金属簇的新研究的基础上，审查包含多达六个金属原子的钽、钨和钼氯簇合物。研究将在酸性(含过量氯化铝的熔盐)和碱性(含过量有机盐的熔盐)两种介质中进行。金属-氯团簇将使用碱性介质，酸性介质将用于研究含有多达9个金属原子的镉、汞和铋的阳离子团簇。这些研究将扩展到酸性介质中的其他类型的金属原子团簇。这些熔盐研究将包括对这些团簇的电化学行为的研究。

The research, in the general area of Analytical and Surface Chemistry, focuses on molten salt chemistry. The work promises to lead to the discovery of new clusters (collections of metal atoms or metal and chlorine atoms) and new chemistry for known clusters, as well as a greater insight into the nature and strength of solute ion-solvent ion interactions in molten salts. Tantalum, tungsten and molybdenum chlorine clusters containing up to six metal atoms will be examined building on the results of previous work together with new studies on homopolyatomic metal clusters. Studies will be conducted in both acidic (molten salts with an excess of aluminum chloride) and basic (molten salts with an excess of an organic salt) media. Basic media will be used for the metal-chlorine clusters and acidic media will be used for studies of cationic clusters of cadmium, mercury and bismuth with as many as nine metal atoms. The studies will be extended to other types of metal atom clusters in acidic media. These molten salt studies will include studies of the electrochemical behavior of these clusters.