Tetratungsten oxide clusters W4O(n)(-/0) (n = 10-13): structural evolution and chemical bonding.
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are carried out to investigate the electronic and structural properties of a series of tetratungsten oxide clusters, W(4)O(n)(-/0) (n = 10-13). Generalized Koopmans' theorem is applied to predict the vertical detachment energies and simulate the photoelectron spectra (PES). A large energy gap (approximately 2.9 eV) is observed for the stoichiometric W(4)O(12) cluster, which reaches the bulk value. The calculations suggest that W(4)O(12)(-/0) have the planar eight-membered ring structures, in which each tungsten atom is tetrahedrally coordinated with two bridging O atoms and two terminal O atoms. W(4)O(10)(-/0) and W(4)O(11)(-) can be viewed as removing two and one terminal O atoms from W(4)O(12)(-/0), respectively. The W(4)O(11) neutral is an interesting species, which possesses the pentabridged structure. We show that W(4)O(11)(-) contains a localized W(3+) site, which can readily react with O(2) to form the W(4)O(13)(-) cluster, whereas the corresponding neutral W(4)O(13) can be viewed as replacing a terminal oxygen in W(4)O(12) by a peroxo O(2) unit. Molecular orbital analyses are performed to analyze the chemical bonding in the tetratungsten oxide clusters and to elucidate their electronic and structural evolution.
Wang
Bin
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Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, People's Republic of China.
Chen
Wen-Jie
WJ
Zhao
Bo-Cun
BC
Zhang
Yong-Fan
YF
Huang
Xin
X