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NANOSCALE HORIZONS
卷 7, 期 10, 页码 1192-1200出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2nh00281g
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91961204, 12174045]
Heteroatom substitution of gold nanoclusters allows for precise tuning of their physicochemical properties at the single-atom level, which has significant implications for applications related to excited states. In this study, the effect of metal exchange on the electronic and vibrational properties as well as excited-state dynamics of ligand-protected MAu24(SR)(18) nanoclusters was investigated using density functional theory and time-domain nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations.
Heteroatom substitution of gold nanoclusters enables precise tuning of their physicochemical properties at the single-atom level, which has a significant impact on the applications related to excited states including photovoltaics, photocatalysis and photo-luminescence. To this end, understanding the effect of metal exchange on the structures, electronic properties and photoexcited dynamic behavior of nanoclusters is imperative. Combining density functional theory with time-domain nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations, herein we explored the effect of metal replacement on the electronic and vibrational properties as well as excited-state dynamics of ligand-protected MAu24(SR)(18) (M = Pd, Pt, Cd, and Hg) nanoclusters. At the atomistic level, we elucidate hot carrier relaxation and recombination dynamic behavior with various doping atoms. Such distinct excited-state behavior of MAu24(SR)(18) nanoclusters is attributed to different energy gaps and electron-phonon coupling between the donor and acceptor energy levels, owing to the perturbation of nanoclusters by a single foreign atom. The specific phonon modes involved in excited-state dynamics have been identified, which are associated with the MAu12 core and ligand rings. This time-dependent excited-state dynamic study fills the gap between structure/composition and excited-state dynamic behavior of MAu24(SR)(18) nanoclusters, which would stimulate the exploration of their applications in photoenergy storage and conversion.
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