Electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction catalyzed by atomically precise alkynyl-protected Au<sub>7</sub>Ag<sub>8</sub>, Ag<sub>9</sub>Cu<sub>6</sub>, and Au<sub>2</sub>Ag<sub>8</sub>Cu<sub>5</sub> nanoclusters: probing the effect of multi-metal core on selectivity
Xiaoshuang Ma, Fang Sun, Lubing Qin, Yonggang Liu, Xiongwu Kang, Likai Wang, De‐en Jiang, Qing Tang, Zhenghua Tang
Abstract
We report the first all-alkynyl-protected Au 2 Ag 8 Cu 5 cluster, which adopts a M@M 8 @M 6 core configuration similar with Au 7 Ag 8 /Ag 9 Cu 6 clusters. The three clusters exhibited strong metal core effect toward CO 2 RR, which was understood by DFT calculations.
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Cluster (spacecraft)ElectrochemistryCatalysisMetalCore (optical fiber)Materials scienceCrystallographyReduction (mathematics)Transition metalNanotechnologyChemistryPhysical chemistryElectrodeMetallurgyGeometryComputer scienceOrganic chemistryMathematicsProgramming languageComposite materialNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties