Sr[B(OH)4](IO3) and Li4Sr5[B12O22(OH)4](IO3)2: two unprecedented metal borate-iodates showing a subtle balance of enlarged band gap and birefringence

Guang Peng; Chensheng Lin; Dan Zhao; Liling Cao; Huixin Fan; Kaichuang Chen; Ning Ye

doi:10.1039/c9cc05021c

Sr[B(OH)₄](IO₃) and Li₄Sr₅[B₁₂O₂₂(OH)₄](IO₃)₂: two unprecedented metal borate-iodates showing a subtle balance of enlarged band gap and birefringence

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Sep 21;55(74):11139-11142. doi: 10.1039/c9cc05021c. Epub 2019 Aug 29.

Authors

Guang Peng¹, Chensheng Lin¹, Dan Zhao², Liling Cao³, Huixin Fan³, Kaichuang Chen¹, Ning Ye¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China. nye@fjirsm.ac.cn.
² Department of Physics and Chemistry, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan 454000, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China. nye@fjirsm.ac.cn and University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.

PMID: 31463508
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05021c

Abstract

Two unprecedented metal borate-iodates, Sr[B(OH)₄](IO₃) (SBIO) and Li₄Sr₅[B₁₂O₂₂(OH)₄](IO₃)₂ (LSBIO), were synthesized via the strategy of introducing (IO₃)^- into borates. In particular, the LSBIO possessed a new B₁₂O₂₆ fundamental building block (FBB). The two compounds integrated the advantages of both pure iodates and borates, showing enlarged band gaps and birefringence. Moreover, diverse B-O FBBs achieved the modulation of birefringence. This work reported the first two examples of borate-iodates.