Na6Sn3P4S16: Sn(II)-chelated PS4 groups inspired an ultra-strong SHG response

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5726-5733
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01257C, Research Article
Chenyao Zhao, Bingbing Zhang, Xinyu Tian, Guoqiang Zhou, Jingjing Xu, Kui Wu
Na6Sn3P4S16 IR NLO thiophosphate exhibiting ultra-strong SHG response is originated from the collaborative polarization of edge-sharing SnS4 and PS4 units.
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Making one VIV substitution for Mo on classical [MoV2O4]2+ group: the first heterobimetallic Mo–V subunit in polyoxomolybdate–bisphosphonate family

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5782-5788
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01268A, Research Article
Xiangyu Ren, Baokuan Chen, Gang Zhang, Yanfeng Bi, Lingling Dai, Guoping Yang
The first molybdovanadate cluster modified by bisphosphonate ligand with a new [MoVVIVO4] building unit is successfully synthesized. The VO bonds in this compound are demonstrated to play a pivotal role in the deep oxidation of dibenzothiophene.
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A0.5H2C6N7O3·4H2O (A = Ca2+, Sr2+) iso-cyamelurates with ultra-large π-conjugated group and excellent nonlinear optical properties

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5979-5985
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01251D, Research Article
Xiaoguang Du, Fangyan Wang, Fei Liang, Zhanggui Hu, Yicheng Wu, Xinyuan Zhang
Two isocyamelurates of A0.5H2C6N7O3·4H2O (A= Ca2+, Sr2+) were successfully synthesized. Both of them showed excellent properties of wide band gap, large birefringence, and strong second order harmonic generation response.
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Enhanced performance of perovskite solar cells via a bilateral electron-donating passivator as a molecule bridge

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5734-5744
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01531A, Research Article
Weichun Pan, Pengxu Chen, Sijia Zhu, Ruowei He, Qingshui Zheng, Fengxian Cao, Zhang Lan, Jihuai Wu, Weihai Sun, Yunlong Li
Benefiting from the successful introduction of 6-amino-1-hexanol (HAL), the HAL-modified perovskite solar cell achieves an optimal efficiency of 23.58%.
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A selenium-based “alkahest”: reactive dissolutions of metals and metal compounds with n-alkylammonium polyselenide solutions

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,6032-6044
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01632C, Research Article
Jonathan W. Turnley, Swapnil D. Deshmukh, Victoria M. Boulos, Robert Spilker, Christian J. Breckner, Kevin Ng, Judy Kuan-Yu Liu, Jeffrey T. Miller, Hilkka I. Kenttämaa, Rakesh Agrawal
Solutions containing n-alkylammonium polyselenides constitute a new reactive solvent system. This reactive dissolution chemistry is broadly generalizable and can enable solution processed synthesis of a wide range of metal chalcogenide semiconductors, both as thin films and nanoparticles.
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Controllable chiral memory in an anion tetrahedral cage

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01336G, Research Article
Wenyao Zhang, Jie Zhao, Dong Yang, Boyang Li, Yang Feng, Yue Wang, Xiaoyan Zheng, Xiao-Juan Yang, Biao Wu
The chiral induction of a series of chiral biomolecules to an anion-coordination-driven tetrahedral cage 1 was presented in this work, followed by chiral memory effect upon replacing the chiral guests with achiral ones.
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Chemoselective C(sp)–H borylation of terminal alkynes catalyzed by a bis(N-heterocyclicsilylene) manganese complex

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,6067-6076
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01033C, Research Article
Himani Ahuja, Harleen Kaur, Rebeca Arevalo
The manganese(II) complex [Mn(SiNSi)Cl2] (SiNSi = 2,6-[EtNSi(NtBu)2CPh]2C5H3N) is an efficient catalyst for the chemoselective C(sp)–H borylation of terminal alkynes.
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Flexible strontium-based metal–organic framework scintillation screens for high-resolution X-ray imaging

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5710-5718
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01231J, Research Article
Peng-Kun Wang, Wen-Fei Wang, Bao-Yi Li, Mei-Juan Xie, Hong-Yi Bian, Shuai-Hua Wang, Fa-Kun Zheng, Guo-Cong Guo
Flexible strontium-based metal–organic framework scintillation screens with strong radioluminescence sensitivity and water resistance were applied for high-resolution X-ray imaging.
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Ultra-low loading Pt atomic cluster electrode with Pt–O bond as an active site with high hydrogen evolution reaction performance

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5937-5949
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01437A, Research Article
Zhandong Ren, Zhiqiang Xie, Li Deng, Chen Dong, Guocan Song, Xiaohui Liu, Juanjuan Han, Lin Zhuang, Yi Liu, Yuchan Zhu
The oxidized Pt atomic cluster-supported Au electrode (PtAC–O–Au) with ultra-low loading exhibits a very high mass activity, and the active site is the oxidized platinum (Pt–O).
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Confinement engineering for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrate reduction by integrating B-doped graphene with iron catalysts for long-term stability

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10,5611-5621
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01474F, Research Article
Hongxia Luo, Chuqi Wang, Yuting Cong, Yuanyuan Ma, Jianping Yang, Jun Chen
Fe@B-Gnc catalyst exhibits excellent electrocatalytic NO3RR performance owing to the protection of nano-chainmail confinement engineering and the regulation of the electronic structure between the Fe–C interface by doping with B.
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