A Palladium-Containing Polyoxotungstate with Anisotropic Proton Conductivity

Here, a case of bilayer heterojunction Pd-containing polyoxotungstate (POW), connecting a Te3Pd3 ring and an Anderson-like TeW6 cluster, has been synthesized. The Anderson-like cluster is the first example in POW. The coordination of Pd in the ring with the S atom on the sulfo group breaks the traditional coordination configuration of Pd and O in polyoxometalates (POMs), enriching the structural types of Pd-containing POMs. In addition, the hybrid bilayer heterojunction structure at the molecular level not only provides high thermal stability but also results in spatial arrangement anisotropy, leading to up to five times the anisotropic proton conductivity.