Since the establishment of the research group in 2008, we insist on the synthetic chemistry of polyoxometalates (POMs). We design and synthesize a series of POM-based porous frameworks and develop their properties in gas absorption, heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis and electrode materials of secondary batteries. We design and synthesize various POM-based high nuclear transition metal (TM) clusters and lanthanide-transition-metal (Ln-TM) mixed clusters, and explore their applications in single-molecule magnets (SMMs) and light-driven water oxidation, as well as the construction of composite nanocatalysts. We use POMs as the pre-assembling molecular platform to design and construct nanoscale composite catalyst systems, and expand their applications in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), photocatalytic oxidation reactions, and biomass hydrodeoxygenation reaction. The research projects include:

  1. Design and synthesize POM-based porous materials

  (1) POM-based metal-organic frameworks (POM-MOFs)

  (2) POM-based covalent organic frameworks (POM-COFs)

  (3) POM-based chiral porous frameworks

  2. Design and synthesize POM-based high nuclear clusters

  (1) POM-based TM clusters

  (2) Noble metal-containing POMs

  3. Design and synthesize POM-based composite nanocatalysts

  (1) Mo/W-based nanoscale composite electrocatalysts

  (2) POM-based single molecule electrocatalysts

  (3) POM-simulated single atom catalysts

  (4) POM-based nanoscale composite photocatalysts

  4. POMs in the application of new energy and catalytic materials

  (1) Hydrogen evolution reaction

  (2) Biomass hydrogenation

  (3) Secondary battery materials

  (4) photocatalytic oxidation

  (5) CO2 reduction reaction