Surface Anchoring and Active Sites of [Mo<sub>3</sub>S<sub>13</sub>]<sup>2–</sup> Clusters as Co-Catalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
Samar Batool, Sreejith P. Nandan, Stephen Nagaraju Myakala, Ashwene Rajagopal, Jasmin S. Schubert, Pablo Ayala, Shaghayegh Naghdi, Hikaru Saito, Johannes Bernardi, Carsten Streb, Alexey Cherevan, Dominik Eder
Abstract
and vacant coordination sites at the Mo centers as likely HER active sites. This work provides a prime example for the successful heterogenization of an inorganic molecular cluster as a co-catalyst for light-driven HER and gives the incentive to explore other thio(oxo)metalates.
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CatalysisOxidePhotocatalysisActive siteChemistryCluster (spacecraft)Water splittingMetalCovalent bondHeterogeneous catalysisPhotochemistryHydrodesulfurizationOrganic chemistryComputer scienceProgramming languageAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionMetalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins