New Strategy for Cluster-Based Covalent Organic Framework: Thermally Induced Covalent Crosslinking of Highly Stable Copper Clusters.

ABSTRACT: Copper nanoclusters (Cu NCs) have emerged as a remarkable class of CO₂ reduction reaction catalysts that are distinguished by their unparalleled reactivity, but effectively modulating the transport pathway of charge carriers between Cu NCs by feasible chemical means is still challenging. Herein, a thermally induced covalent crosslinking strategy is proposed to modulate the fast electron transport pathway formed between clusters. A copper-sulfur-nitrogen cluster [Cu₄(SN)₄] (denoted Cu₄SN) is first synthesized; subsequently, the SN ligands in Cu₄SN are coupled covalently via a thermally induced covalent crosslinking strategy to yield CC-Cu₄SN, which exhibits enhanced conductivity and photocarrier transport. As expected, CC-Cu<

SUBMITTER: Dong JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463109 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature