A1 Journal article (refereed)
Combinatorial Identification of Hydrides in a Ligated Ag40 Nanocluster with Non-compact Metal Core (2019)

Yuan, X., Sun, C., Li, X., Malola, S., Boon, K. T., Häkkinen, H., Zheng, L.-S., & Zheng, N. (2019). Combinatorial Identification of Hydrides in a Ligated Ag40 Nanocluster with Non-compact Metal Core. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(30), 11905-11911. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b03009

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All authors or editors: Yuan, Xiting; Sun, Cunfa; Li, Xihua; Malola, Sami; Boon, K. Teo; Häkkinen, Hannu; Zheng, Lan-Sun; Zheng, Nanfeng

Journal or series: Journal of the American Chemical Society

ISSN: 0002-7863

eISSN: 1520-5126

Publication year: 2019

Volume: 141

Issue number: 30

Pages range: 11905-11911

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b03009

Publication open access: Not open

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65421

Abstract

No formation of bulk silver hydride has been reported. Until very recently, only few silver nanoclusters containing hydrides have been successfully prepared. However, due to the lack of effective techniques and also poor stability of hydride-containing Ag nanoclusters, the identification of hydrides’ location within Ag nanoclusters is challenging and not yet achieved although some successes have been reported on clusters of several Ag atoms. In this work, we report a detailed structural and spectroscopic characterization of the [Ag40(DMBT)24(PPh3)8H12]2+ (Ag40H12) cluster (DMBT=2,4-dimethylbenzenethiol). The metal framework consists of three-concentric shells of Ag8@Ag24@Ag8 which can be described as (ν1-cube)@(truncated-ν3-octahedron)@(ν2-cube), respectively. The presence of twelve hydrides in each cluster was systematically identified by various techniques. Based on a detailed analysis of the structural features and 1H and 2H NMR spectra, the positions of the 12 hydrides were determined to be residing on the 12 edges of the cubic core. As a result, the electron count of the Ag40 cluster is a two-electron superatomic system instead of a fourteen-electron system. Moreover, based on our DFT calculations and experimental probes, it was demonstrated that the 12 hydrides play a crucial role in stabilizing both the electronic and geometric structure of the Ag40H12 cluster. The successful synthesis of stable hydride-containing Ag nanoclusters and the identification of hydride positions are expected to simulate research attention on both synthesis and application of hydride-containing Ag nanomaterials

Free keywords: silver; metal hydride; metal nanocluster; coinage metal

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Reporting Year: 2019

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