Jianping Xie

Ligand Recognition Directs Functional Ionic Layer Construction on Metal Nanoclusters for Electrocatalysis

Abstract Cation effects are central to electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, but freely dissolved cations lack positional control, defined function and persistent coupling to surface motifs. Precise regulation of such ionic microenvironments remains difficult in ligand-stabilized metal...

Synergic Regulation of Active Site Electron Polarization and Interlayer Electron Coupling in COFs for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis

ABSTRACT Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising photocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), yet reconciling the different electronic requirements in different elementary steps remains challenging. Herein, guided by the Sabatier principle and Marcus–Hush elec...

Lighting up Metal Nanoclusters as Promising Molecular Emitters

Atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as promising optical materials in recent years. At the transition size between metal atoms and plasmonic metal nanoparticles, metal NCs exhibit elusive mechanisms underlying their photoluminescence (PL) properties. This fun...