A new chalcogenide homologous series A2[M(5+n)Se(9+n)] (A = Rb, Cs; M = Bi, Ag, Cd)

Jun-Ho Kim; Duck-Young Chung; Mercouri G Kanatzidis

doi:10.1039/b516790f

A new chalcogenide homologous series A2[M(5+n)Se(9+n)] (A = Rb, Cs; M = Bi, Ag, Cd)

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Apr 21:(15):1628-30. doi: 10.1039/b516790f. Epub 2006 Mar 7.

Authors

Jun-Ho Kim¹, Duck-Young Chung, Mercouri G Kanatzidis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

PMID: 16583001
DOI: 10.1039/b516790f

Abstract

The ternary and quaternary selenides, beta-CsBi3Se5, Rb2CdBi6Se11, CsAg(0.5)Bi(3.5)Se6, CsCdBi3Se6, Rb2Ag(1.5)Bi(7.5)Se13, and Cs2Ag(1.5)Bi(7.5)Se13, are all members of the new homologous series A2[M(5+n)Se(9+n)] and crystallize in structures related to each other in a systematic way; these compounds are mid gap semiconductors and are of interest as thermoelectric materials.