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Enhancing the activity of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from CdSe quantum dots with a polyoxovanadate cluster.

ABSTRACT: We report the improvement of photocatalytic proton reduction using molecular polyoxovanadate-alkoxide clusters as hole scavengers for CdSe quantum dots. The increased hydrogen production is explained by favorable charge interactions between reduced forms of the cluster and the charge on the quantum dots arising from the capping ligands.

SUBMITTER: Edwards EH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7461602 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enhancing the activity of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from CdSe quantum dots with a polyoxovanadate cluster.

Edwards Emily H EH Fertig Alex A AA McClelland Kevin P KP Meidenbauer Mahilet T MT Chakraborty Saikat S Krauss Todd D TD Bren Kara L KL Matson Ellen M EM

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20200706 62

We report the improvement of photocatalytic proton reduction using molecular polyoxovanadate-alkoxide clusters as hole scavengers for CdSe quantum dots. The increased hydrogen production is explained by favorable charge interactions between reduced forms of the cluster and the charge on the quantum dots arising from the capping ligands. ...[more]

PMID: 32628236

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Enhancing the activity of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from CdSe quantum dots with a polyoxovanadate cluster.

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Enhancing the activity of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from CdSe quantum dots with a polyoxovanadate cluster.

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