ions, synthetic dyes, antibiotics, and other substances in groundwater and wastewater discharged from factories have caused serious harm to the environment and human health. Therefore, it is vital to develop efficient water pollution treatment methods.The heavy metal ions discharged from factories into rivers and lakes can cause diffusion and pollution. Highly toxic heavy metal ions are easy to accumulate in organisms because they are not biodegradable. [1] Organic dyes and radioactive pollutants produced in industrial production will diffuse into soil and water resources, endangering the safety of animals, plants and human life. [2] The leakage of antibiotics in the fields of biology and medicine will destroy the balance and stability of the ecosystem. [3] An enormous number of pollutants are persistent and difficult to degrade. Scientists have been committed to developing various technologies and materials for removing pollutants from water environment. Nevertheless, effectively purifying sewage still remains a tough challenge.Various techniques are used for sewage purification to remove pollutants in the environment. Common methods include separation, [4] absorption, [5] photocatalytic degradation, [6] and membrane filtration. [7] However, traditional absorbents and catalysts such as zeolites, activated carbons, organic resins, etc. have poor pollutant removal capabilities. [8] Traditional adsorbents, such as carbons and clay minerals, exhibit weak ionic affinity and low adsorption efficiency for metals. [9] Furthermore, partial catalysts possess inferior charge separation efficiency, recyclability, and chemical stability, which is likely to cause secondary pollution to water sources, and does not meet the requirements of green, energy saving, and renewable in the field of modern environment protection. [10] Therefore, researchers have been trying to exploit an efficient and economical composite material with superb specific surface area, high separation and strong reusability. [11] Metal-organic framework (MOF) is a new type of composite material self-assembled by metal ions or metal clusters and organic linkers. [12] As a novel type porous material, MOF has adjustable pore size, superior specific surface area and excellent porosity, and its performance is more superiority than traditional materials such as zeolite and clay. [13] They have raisedThe ever-expanding scale of industry and agriculture has led to the gradual increase of pollutants (e.g., heavy metal ions, synthetic dyes, and antibiotics) in water resources, and the ecology and wastewater are grave problems that need to be solved urgently and has attracted widespread attention from the research community and industry in recent years. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a type of organic-inorganic hybrid material with a distinctive 3D network crystal structure. Lately, MOFs have made striking progress in the fields of adsorption, catalytic degradation, and biomedicine on account of their large specific surface and well-developed pore structure. This...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials with structures having diverse features are promising for application in energy conversion and storage. A stronger layered orientation can guarantee fast charge transfer along the 2D planes...

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The construction of strong interactions and synergistic effects between small metal clusters and supports offers a great opportunity to achieve high-performance and cost-effective heterogeneous catalysis, however, studies on its applications in electrocatalysis are still insufficient. Herein, it is reported that W 18 O 49 nanowires supported sub-nanometric Ru clusters (denoted as Ru SNC/W 18 O 49 NWs) constitute an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution/oxidation reactions (HER and HOR) under acidic condition. Microstructural analyses, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the Ru SNCs with an average Ru-Ru coordination number of 4.9 are anchored to the W 18 O 49 NWs via Ru-O-W bonds at the interface. The strong metal-support interaction leads to the electron-deficient state of Ru SNCs, which enables a modulated Ru-H strength. Furthermore, the unique proton transport capability of the W 18 O 49 also provides a potential migration channel for the reaction intermediates. These components collectively enable the remarkable performance of Ru SNC/W 18 O 49 NWs for hydrogen electrocatalysis with 2.5 times of exchange current density than that of carbon-supported Ru nanoparticles, and even rival the state-of-the-art Pt catalyst. This work provides a new prospect for the development of supported sub-nanometric metal clusters for efficient electrocatalysis.