Phosphinous Acid–Phosphinito Tetra-Icosahedral Au<sub>52</sub> Nanoclusters for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction
Shengli Zhuang, Dong Chen, Wai‐Pan Ng, Dongyi Liu, Lijuan Liu, Mengying Sun, Tehseen Nawaz, Xia Wu, Yao Zhang, Zekun Li, Yong‐Liang Huang, Jun Yang, Jun Yang, Jian He
Abstract
serves as an effective electrocatalyst in the oxygen reduction reaction. Density functional theory calculations suggest that the phosphinous acid-phosphinito ligands provide the most active sites in the electrochemical catalysis, with O* formation being the rate-determining step.
Topics & Concepts
NanoclustersIcosahedral symmetryChemistryIntramolecular forceStackingCatalysisCrystallographyDensity functional theoryElectrocatalystElectrochemistryComputational chemistryStereochemistryOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryElectrodeNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsAdvanced Nanomaterials in CatalysisNeurological Complications and Syndromes