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Only rarely have polyoxometalates been found to form core-shell nanoclusters. Here, we succeeded in isolating a series of rare giant and all-inorganic core-shell cobalt polyoxoniobates (Co-PONbs) with diverse shapes, nuclearities and original topologies, including 50-nuclearity {Co12Nb38O132}, 54-nuclearity {Co20Nb34O128}, 62-nuclearity {Co26Nb36O140} and 87-nuclearity {Co33Nb54O188}. They are the largest Co-PONbs and also the polyoxometalates containing the greatest number of Co ions and the largest cobalt clusters known thus far. These molecular Co-PONbs have intriguing and atomically precise core-shell architectures comprising unique cobalt oxide cores and niobate oxide shells. In particular, the encapsulated cobalt oxide cores with different nuclearities have identical compositions, structures and mixed-valence Co3+/Co2+ states as the different sized Co-O moieties of the bulk cubic-spinel Co3O4, suggesting that they can serve as various molecular models of the cubic-spinel Co3O4. The successful construction of the series of the Co-PONbs reveals a feasible and versatile synthetic method for making rare core-shell heterometallic PONbs. Further, these new-type core-shell bimetal species are promising cluster molecular catalysts for visible-light-driven CO2 reduction.
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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
ISSN: 1433-7851
Year: 2023
Issue: 26
Volume: 62
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:39
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 36
SCOPUS Cited Count: 29
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1
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