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Title: Investigation of Metastable Low Dimensional Halometallates
The solvothermal synthesis, structure determination and optical characterization of five new metastable halometallate compounds, [1,10-phenH][Pb3.5I8] (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) is 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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.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1806279 1655740
NSF-PAR ID:
10329300
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Molecules
Volume:
27
ISSN:
1420-3049
Page Range / eLocation ID:
280
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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