Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction to Metal Nanocluster Catalysis 1
1.1 Catalysis and Metal Catalysts 1
1.2 Single Metal Atom, Metal Nanocluster, and Metal Nanoparticle 3
1.3 Metal Nanocluster Catalysis: Activity 7
1.4 Metal Nanocluster Catalysis: Selectivity 10
1.5 Metal Nanocluster Catalysis: Mechanism 12
2 In Situ Generated Metal Nanocluster Catalysis 21
2.1 Catalytic Hydrogenation 21
2.2 Catalytic Oxidation 31
2.3 Catalytic Borylation 35
2.4 Catalytic Cross-coupling Reactions 39
3 Immobilized Metal Nanocluster Catalysis 49
3.1 Carbon Nanomaterial Immobilized Metal Nanocluster 49
3.2 Metal or Metallic Oxide Immobilized Metal Nanocluster 56
3.3 Polymer or Supermolecule Immobilized Metal Nanocluster 65
3.4 Dendrimer Immobilized Metal Nanocluster 69
3.5 Biomolecule Immobilized Metal Nanoclusters 77
3.6 New Types of Supports Immobilized Metal Nanoclusters 81
4 Synthesis and Characterizations of Organic Ligand-protected Metal Nanoclusters 99
4.1 Synthetic Methods Toward Organic Ligand-protected Metal Nanoclusters 99
4.2 Characterization Techniques for Organic Ligand-protected Metal Nanoclusters 113
4.3 Atomically Precise Structures of Organic Ligand-protected Metal Nanoclusters 118
5 S- and P-based Ligand-protected Metal Nanocluster Catalysis 129
5.1 Thiolate-protected Metal Nanocluster for Catalysis 129
5.2 Phosphine-protected Metal Nanocluster for Catalysis 151
6 C- and N-based Ligand-protected Metal Nanocluster Catalysis 171
6.1 Alkyne-protected Metal Nanocluster for Catalysis 171
6.2 Carbene-protected Metal Nanocluster for Catalysis 180
6.3 Nitrogen-based Ligand-protected Metal Nanocluster for Catalysis 186
7 Isomeric Metal Nanocluster Catalysis and Nanocluster Asymmetric Catalysis 203
7.1 Isomeric Metal Nanocluster Catalysis 203
7.2 Metal Nanocluster Asymmetric Catalysis 205
8 Metal Nanocluster Photocatalysis 209
8.1 Metal Nanocluster Photophysical Property 209
8.2 Metal Nanocluster Photocatalytic Property 222
8.3 Metal Nanocluster Energy Transfer 224
8.4 Metal Nanocluster Electron Transfer 230
9 Metal Nanocluster Electrocatalysis 261
9.1 Metal Nanocluster Electrochemical Property 261
9.2 Metal Nanocluster Heterogeneous Electrode 269
9.3 Metal Nanocluster Homogeneous Electrocatalyst 286
10 Metal Nanocluster Enzyme-catalysis 293
10.1 Nanozyme and Clusterzyme 293
10.2 Catalytic Performance of Metal Nanocluster Enzyme 297
11 Metal Nanocluster Industrial Catalysis 305
11.1 Metal Nanocluster Large-scale Preparation 305
11.2 Metal Nanocluster Recyclability 309
11.3 Metal Nanocluster Catalysis in Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry 311
12 Conclusion and Perspective 327
12.1 Metal Nanocluster Catalysis: Opportunity 327
12.2 Metal Nanocluster Catalysis: Challenge 328
References 329
Index 333
