Understanding the Ag-S interface stability and electrocatalytic activity of CO2 electroreduction in atomically precise Ag25 nanoclusters

Yuting Ye; Xia Zhou; Yuping Chen; Likai Wang; Qing Tang

doi:10.1039/d4cc06185c

Understanding the Ag-S interface stability and electrocatalytic activity of CO₂ electroreduction in atomically precise Ag₂₅ nanoclusters

Chem Commun (Camb). 2025 Jan 21. doi: 10.1039/d4cc06185c. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yuting Ye¹, Xia Zhou², Yuping Chen¹, Likai Wang², Qing Tang¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Theory and Mechanism, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China. [email protected].
² School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong, 255049, China. [email protected].

PMID: 39834211
DOI: 10.1039/d4cc06185c

Abstract

Elucidating the catalytic properties of metal nanoclusters (NCs) with essentially the same structure but different core metals is of fundamental interest. Our current studies have demonstrated that the thiolated Ag₂₅(SR)₁₈ NC exhibits SR ligand leaching dynamics and electrocatalytic activity in CO₂ reduction distinct from those of its Au₂₅(SR)₁₈ NC structural analogue.