Russell-Webster Bradley, Abboud Khalil A, Christou George
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 May 19;56(40):5382-5385. doi: 10.1039/c9cc08419c.
The use of halide ions in the synthesis of Ce/O clusters diverts the reaction to two halide-containing products: Cl- gives a new Ce20 nuclearity with both a high 1 : 1 Ce3+ : Ce4+ ratio and a high percentage of (100) facet coverage, whereas F- gives a known Ce6 nuclearity. Both products include bridging halide ions and are thus the first confirmation of non-oxo (OH-/O2-) anion incorporation onto the Ce/O cluster core.
