Implication of counter-cations for polyoxometalate-based nano-electronics

ABSTRACT

Polyoxometalates (POMs), anionic metal-oxo clusters, are isolated and deposited on surfaces from solution, together with their charge-balancing counter-cations. Here, the author brings attention to the importance of cations for electron transport by POMs and raises some open questions that remain.

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KEYWORDS:

• Polyoxometalates
• cations
• intermolecular interactions
• charge transfer
• electrodes
• molecular electronics
• data storage and processing

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Leibniz Association through the Leibniz Collaborative Excellence funding program (iMolKit).

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).