Investigation of Metastable Low Dimensional Halometallates

Author(s)

Navindra Keerthisinghe
Matthew S. Christian
Anna A. Berseneva
Gregory Morrison
Vladislav V. Klepov
Mark D. Smith
Hans Conrad zur Loye, University of South CarolinaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The solvothermal synthesis, structure determination and optical characterization of five new metastable halometallate compounds, [1,10-phenH][Pb_3.5I₈] (1), [1,10-phenH₂][Pb₅I₁₂]·(H₂O) (2), [1,10-phen][Pb₂I₄] (3), [1,10-phen]₂[Pb₅Br₁₀] (4) and [1,10-phenH][SbI₄]·(H₂O) (5), are reported. The materials exhibit rich structural diversity and exhibit structural dimensionalities that include 1D chains, 2D sheets and 3D frameworks. The optical spectra of these materials are consistent with bandgaps ranging from 2.70 to 3.44 eV. We show that the optical behavior depends on the structural dimensionality of the reported materials, which are potential candidates for semiconductor applications.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27010280

Publication Info

Molecules, Volume 27, Issue 1, 2022, pages 280-.

Rights

© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).

APA Citation

Keerthisinghe, N., Christian, M. S., Berseneva, A. A., Morrison, G., Klepov, V. V., Smith, M. D., & zur Loye, H.-C. (2022). Investigation of metastable low dimensional halometallates. Molecules, 27(1), 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27010280