Polyoxometalates as anionic molecular metal oxides clusters with open frameworks and rich redox chemistry have outstanding versatility in energy conversion storage research.

Composites based on polyoxometalates (POMs) have been increasingly attracted by many researchers due to their multitudinous architectures and excellent redox activities as well outstanding proton electron transport capacities. Lately, much research has done POMs composited with well-porous framework materials (including ZIFs, MOFs) or conducting polymers, carbon quantum dot (CQD), graphene, str...

To explore the principle of chiral induction in inorganic clusters, chiral organic cations with two stereocenters, R- and S-BPEA, are used to encapsulate a series of polyoxometalates (POMs) bearing different structures and transition absorption bands in aqueous solution, constructing a series of chiral supramolecular complexes. Due to the induction of chiral organic cations, POMs possessing bot...

a new efficient and practical method for the room-temperature reduction of aromatic nitro compounds employing feso4. 7h2o, nabh4, h3pw12o40 system in h2o under mild conditions is reported. the method is simple, inexpensive, easily scaled-up and applicable for the large scale preparation of different substituted anilines.

Polyoxometalates [SiM12O40](4-) (M = Mo(VI), W(VI)) and hemicyanine-derived chiral amphiphiles self-assemble in organic media where intermolecular interactions between POMs and hemicyanine units differ depending on the constituent metal ion species: this information is amplified to distinct spectral and self-assembling characteristics.

A new environmentally friendly technology for wood pulp delignification, based on the use of polyoxometalates (POMs) and oxygen, is being developed. Polyoxometalate solutions that selectively oxidize lignin under anaerobic conditions can be reoxidized by oxygen and also catalyze the aerobic mineralization ofthe lignin fragments to CO2 and H2O, making possible the closed-mill manufacture of pape...

Nano-hybrid materials of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and polyoxometalates (POMs) with three counter cations were prepared and used as cathode-active materials of molecular cluster batteries (MCBs). The charging/discharging performances and thus battery capacity of the MCBs with hybrid materials were significantly better than those of the microcrystal-POM MCBs.

Polyoxometalates (POMs) covalently functionalized with methyl methacrylate groups were applied as surfactants in the emulsion polymerization reaction of styrene. Due to the copolymerization of the methyl methacrylate groups and the styrene monomers, the polyoxometalate clusters are covalently grafted onto the surface of polystyrene latex nanoparticles. Such latex particles are fully covered wit...

Transition-metal substituted Keggin-type polyoxometalates (POMs) are of great interest for applications in biomedicine, material science and catalysis. The synthesis transition metal-substituted polytungstates via the formation a lacunary...

Arylimido Lindqvist polyoxometalates (POMs) are shown to be effective acceptors for two-photon absorption. In bis-POM systems the geometry–centrosymmetric or V-shaped–strongly influences optical and non-linear properties.