The design of both molecular and non-molecular solid materials with specific properties fundamentally relies on the controlled synthesis of crystals with desired
functional groups, bonding motifs, polarity, chirality, and more. To this end, fluoride and oxide-fluoride anions have been utilized as basic building units (BBUs) in
the synthesis of noncentrosymmetric racemic materials for their ability to create polar axes that facilitate the breaking of an inversion center as demonstrated in a
series of compounds with [MF6]2- anions (M = Ti, Zr, Hf). Targeting an analog with a [TaOF5]2- anion, the phase space of (CuO, Ta2O5)/bpy/HF(aq)/H2O (bpy = 2,2′-
bipyridine) was investigated and three new compounds with Cu-bpy cations and Ta-fluoride or Ta-oxyfluoride anions were synthesized: [Cu(bpy)2][TaF6], [Cu
(bpy)2][Ta2OF10], and [Cu(bpy)F(H2O)2]2[TaF7]•H2O with the anions [TaF6]-, [Ta2OF10]2-, and [TaF7]2-, respectively. The formation of these anions was found to be
a product of both the concentration of hydrofluoric acid in solution and the ratio of metal-oxide starting materials to ligand. This work contributes to the understanding
of mixed anion formation in the solid state.
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XANES Studies of Zinc Tin Oxide Films Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition: Revealing Process-Structure Relationships for Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors
- Award ID(s):
- 1727918
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10387922
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
- ISSN:
- 1932-7447
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation