Ionothermal Synthesis and Photoactivity of Ti17 and Ti19-Oxo Clusters Functionalized by Sulfate and 1,10-Phenanthroline Ligands
Kalpana Chintakrinda
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorNagaraju Narayanam
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
Search for more papers by this authorGuang-Hui Chen
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
Search for more papers by this authorJian Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
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Lei Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorKalpana Chintakrinda
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorNagaraju Narayanam
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
Search for more papers by this authorGuang-Hui Chen
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
Search for more papers by this authorJian Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
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Lei Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 35002 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorComprehensive Summary
In this study, we successfully synthesized two titanium-oxo clusters, namely Ti19(μ3-O)19(μ2-O)10(1,10-phn)2(OiPr)18] (PTC-178) and (EMIm)3[Ti17(μ4-O)4(μ3-O)16(μ2-O)4(SO4)3(μ2-OiPr)4(OiPr)13] (PTC-179). These clusters were synthesized using an ionothermal reaction and possess similar nuclearity (Ti19 vs. Ti17) moieties. Additionally, we observed that these complexes exhibit varying activities for photocatalytic degradation of Methylene Blue (MB) dye and distinct photocurrent responses for photoelectrochemical studies due to their different surface-decorated ligands. This study provides valuable insights into the design of Ti-oxo molecular clusters with similar nuclearity but different surface environments, allowing for the establishment of critical structure-property relationships. Furthermore, our research contributes to the exploration of sustainable synthetic methods for high nuclearity TOCs using ionic liquids.
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