Vanadium multiredox‐based NASICON‐Na
Metal‐oxo coordination compounds have garnered significant interest over the years. The reactivity of the metal‐oxo bond is governed by the geometry, charge, spin state, and identity of the other ligands. In this report, we characterize a distorted
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10238994
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Israel Journal of Chemistry
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 9-10
- ISSN:
- 0021-2148
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 864-871
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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