Lewis acid guests in a {P8W48} archetypal polyoxotungstate host: Enhanced proton conductivity via metal‐oxo cluster within cluster assemblies

by Yang, Peng, Alsufyani, Maryam, Emwas, Abdul‐Hamid, Chen, Chaoqin, Khasha, Niveen M.
Year: 2018

Bibliography

Yang, Peng; Alsufyani, Maryam; Emwas, Abdul‐Hamid; Chen, Chaoqin; Khasha, Niveen M. Lewis acid guests in a {P8W48} archetypal polyoxotungstate host: Enhanced proton conductivity via metal‐oxo cluster within cluster assemblies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2018), 57, 1-6.

Abstract

Complexes made by hosts that completely surround their guests provide a means to stabilize reactive chemical intermediates, transfer biologically active cargo to a diseased cell, and construct molecular‐scale devices. By the virtue of inorganic host–guest self‐assembly, nucleation processes in the cavity of a {P8W48}‐archetype phosphotungstate has afforded a nanoscale 16‐AlIII‐32‐oxo cluster and its GaIII analogue that contain the largest number of AlIII/GaIII ions yet found in polyoxometalate (POM) chemistry. Interestingly, the rich Lewis acid AlIII centers within the Lewis base POM support shows an exceptional proton conductivity of 4.5×10−2 S cm−1 (85 °C, 70 % RH; RH: relative humidity), which is by far the highest conductivity reported among POM‐based single‐crystal proton conductors.

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Keywords

Cluster Within Cluster Inorganic Hosts Lewis Acids Polyoxometalates Proton Conductivity