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  • An unprecedented fully redu...
    Li, Xue-Xin; Ji, Tuo; Gao, Jun-Yang; Chen, Wei-Chao; Yuan, Ye; Sha, Hao-Yan; Faller, Roland; Shan, Guo-Gang; Shao, Kui-Zhan; Wang, Xin-Long; Su, Zhong-Min

    Chemical science, 04/2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 16
    Journal Article

    Fully reduced polyoxometalates are predicted to give rise to a broad and strong absorption spectrum, suitable energy levels, and unparalleled electronic and optical properties. However, they are not available to date. Here, an unprecedented fully reduced polyoxomolybdate cluster, namely Na Mo O (OH) ·19H O {Mo }, was successfully designed and obtained under hydrothermal conditions, which is rare and is the largest fully reduced polyoxometalate reported so far. The Mo molecule describes one Keggin {ε-Mo } encapsulated in an unprecedented {Mo } cage, giving rise to a double truncated tetrahedron quasi-nesting architecture, which is further face-capped by another four {Mo } tripods. Its crystalline stability in air, solvent tolerance, and photosensitivity were all shown. As a cheap and robust molecular light-absorber model possessing wide light absorption, Mo was applied to build a co-sensitized solar cell photoelectronic device along with N719 dyes and the optimal power conversion efficiency was 28% higher than that of single-dye sensitization. These results show that Mo polyoxometalate could serve as an ideal model for the design and synthesis of all-inorganic molecular light-absorbers for other light-driven processes in the future.