Electron-Sponge Nature of Polyoxometalates for Next-Generation Electrocatalytic Water Splitting and Nonvolatile Neuromorphic Devices

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Designing next-generation molecular devices typically necessitates plentiful oxygen-bearing sites to facilitate multiple-electron transfers. However, the theoretical limits of existing materials for energy conversion and information storage devices make it inevitable to hunt for new competitors. Polyoxometalates (POMs), a unique class of metal-oxide clusters, have been investigated exponentially due to their structural diversity and tunable redox properties. POMs behave as electron-sponges owing to their intrinsic ability of reversible uptake-release of multiple electrons. In this review, numerous POM-frameworks together with desired features of a contender material and inherited properties of POMs are systematically discussed to demonstrate how and why the electron-sponge-like nature of POMs is beneficial to design next-generation water oxidation/reduction electrocatalysts, and neuromorphic nonvolatile resistance-switching random-access memory devices. The aim is to converge the attention of scientists who are working separately on electrocatalysts and memory devices, on a point that, although the application types are different, they all hunt for a material that could exhibit electron-sponge-like feature to realize boosted performances and thus, encouraging the scientists of two completely different fields to explore POMs as imperious contenders to design next-generation nanodevices. Finally, challenges and promising prospects in this research field are also highlighted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) - 11(2024), 5 vom: 05. Feb., Seite e2304120

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ahmad, Waqar [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Nisar [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Kun [VerfasserIn]
Aftab, Sumaira [VerfasserIn]
Hou, Yunpeng [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Zhengwei [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Bei-Bei [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Zhao [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Huai-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Peung, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Junke, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Chengdu [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Zhihui [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Wenjun [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Min [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electrocatalysts
Electron-sponges
Journal Article
Multiple-electron uptake/release
Neuromorphic devices
Polyoxometalates
Review

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Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/advs.202304120

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365217077