Two Unique Crystalline Semiconductor Zeolite Analogues Based on Indium Selenide Clusters

Inorg Chem. 2017 Dec 18;56(24):14763-14766. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02718. Epub 2017 Dec 4.

Abstract

Developing the structural diversity of microporous zeolitic frameworks with integrated semiconducting properties is promising but remains a challenge. Reported here are two unique crystalline semiconductor zeolite analogues constructed from two kinds of indium selenide clusters with augmented ctn and zeolite-type sod networks. The intrinsic semiconducting nature in these In-Se domains gives rise to pore-size-dependent and visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for organic dye degradation.