Stable iridium dinuclear heterogeneous catalysts supported on metal-oxide substrate for solar water oxidation.

ABSTRACT: Atomically dispersed catalysts refer to substrate-supported heterogeneous catalysts featuring one or a few active metal atoms that are separated from one another. They represent an important class of materials ranging from single-atom catalysts (SACs) and nanoparticles (NPs). While SACs and NPs have been extensively reported, catalysts featuring a few atoms with well-defined structures are poorly studied. The difficulty in synthesizing such structures has been a critical challenge. Here we report a facile photochemical method that produces catalytic centers consisting of two Ir metal cations, bridged by O and stably bound to a support. Direct evidence unambiguously supporting the dinuclear nature of the catalysts anchored on α-Fe₂O₃ is obtained by aberration-corrected

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866603 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature