International Network on Polyoxometalate Science for Advanced Functional Energy Materials

金属氧化物在先进技术中无处不在，但对结构、组成和氧化还原状态的控制可能存在问题，并且通常需要复杂的加工。相比之下，聚氧乙烯酸盐（POM）是分子氧化物，能够从溶液中进行先进金属氧化物和混合材料的纳米级工程。能源可持续性是全球面临的主要挑战之一，新材料是成功的关键。通过获得POM行为的详细知识，我们的目标是制造基于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，巩固该领域的活动将加速实现这一成果，并可能产生重大的社会和经济影响。该合作网络由纽卡斯尔大学和广岛大学共同协调，并涉及来自德国、法国和中国的研究小组，为基于POM的先进功能材料的能源应用新研究提供了一个充满活力的英国-日本轴心。它包括并将促进新一代研究人员的出现，并将刺激POM化学的跨学科吸收，以更广泛地造福于材料界。EPSRC-JSPS核心到核心计划将使联合王国成为这一重要举措的核心，在准备这一意向书期间已经产生的势头证明了国际社会对这一网络的热情。合作项目将解决POM基材料界面的基本电子转移，电荷分离和反应性，提供更好的合成和设计所需的理解，从而改善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.