A cadmium TCNQ-based semiconductor with versatile binding modes and non-integer redox states

Xuan Zhang; Zhongyue Zhang; Hanhua Zhao; Jiang-Gao Mao; Kim R Dunbar

doi:10.1039/c3cc48330d

A cadmium TCNQ-based semiconductor with versatile binding modes and non-integer redox states

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Feb 11;50(12):1429-31. doi: 10.1039/c3cc48330d.

Authors

Xuan Zhang¹, Zhongyue Zhang, Hanhua Zhao, Jiang-Gao Mao, Kim R Dunbar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, PO Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, USA. dunbar@mail.chem.tamu.edu.

PMID: 24346307
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc48330d

Abstract

The 3-D coordination polymer with the basic formula Cd2(TCNQ)3.5(H2O)2 is the first instance of the coexistence of the bridging modes μ2, μ3 and μ4 for TCNQ in one network. Single crystal measurements revealed the compound to be a good semiconductor with a room temperature conductivity of 5.8 × 10(-3) S cm(-1).