A photoluminescent chiral lead-free hybrid ferroelastic semiconductor with switchable second-harmonic generation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Feb 9;59(13):1793-1796. doi: 10.1039/d2cc06575d.

Abstract

Chiral organic-inorganic hybrid semiconductors (COIHSs) dominated by lead halides have recently gained tremendous interest. Here, we report a lead-free photoluminescent COIHS [R-3-hydroxylpiperidinium]2SbCl5 with a bandgap of 3.14 eV. It shows a ferroelastic phase transition at 341 K accompanied by a switchable second-harmonic generation response and presents clear ferroelastic domains, which are rarely found in lead-free COIHSs.