Ten-vertex Zintl cluster ions are of interest because of their ability to accommodate interstitial transition ...
Wenjie Chen,Yunfei Li,Yongfan Zhang and Xin Huang~* Department of Chemistry,Fuzhou University,Fuzhou,Fujian,350108,P.R.China and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry,Fuzhou,Fujian,350002,P.R.China,
The niobia-tantala mixed oxides are very efficient as catalysts in numerous processes. Gas-phase clusters as a...
Bocun Zhao,Xianhui Zhang,Yongfan Zhang and Xin Huang Department of Chemistry,Fuzhou University,Fuzhou,Fujian,350108,P.R.China and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry,Fuzhou,Fujian,350108,P.R.China,
Extensive DFT calculations are performed to optimize the geometric structures of O-rich tungsten oxide clusters, to simulate the PES spectra, and to analyze the chemical bonding. The ground-state structure of W4O14^- is best considered as W4O12（O2^-）, containing a side-on bound superoxide ligand. The current study indicates that the extra electron in W4O12^- is capable of activating dioxygen by non-dissociative electron transfer （W 5d → O2 π^＊）, and the anionic clusters can be viewed as models for reduced defect sites on tungsten oxide surfaces for the chemisorption of O2.
