Co-luminescence in a zero-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid antimony halide with multiple coordination units

Zhi-Zhuan Zhang; Jian-Ce Jin; Liao-Kuo Gong; Yang-Peng Lin; Ke-Zhao Du; Xiao-Ying Huang

doi:10.1039/d0dt04388e

Co-luminescence in a zero-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid antimony halide with multiple coordination units

Dalton Trans. 2021 Mar 16;50(10):3586-3592. doi: 10.1039/d0dt04388e.

Authors

Zhi-Zhuan Zhang¹, Jian-Ce Jin², Liao-Kuo Gong², Yang-Peng Lin³, Ke-Zhao Du³, Xiao-Ying Huang⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China. duke@fjnu.edu.cn and State Key Laboratory of Structure Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China. xyhuang@fjirsm.ac.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Structure Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China. xyhuang@fjirsm.ac.cn and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
³ College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China. duke@fjnu.edu.cn.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Structure Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China. xyhuang@fjirsm.ac.cn.

PMID: 33620059
DOI: 10.1039/d0dt04388e

Abstract

Zero-dimensional (0D) organic-inorganic hybrid metal halides (OIMHs) containing multiple halometallate species (HMSs) have received extensive attention due to their capability to achieve multifunctional photophysical characteristics. Herein we report a lead-free 0D-OIMH compound, namely [Emim]8[SbCl6]2[SbCl5] (1, Emim = 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium), which is the first crystal containing two distinct mononuclear [SbXn]3-n units in one single structure. The optical absorption, temperature/excitation-variable photoluminescence (PL) and PL decay were studied. 1 exhibits a broad emission centered at 577 nm, which is analyzed to be a combination of the emissions from [SbCl6]3- and [SbCl5]2-. The structural effects including SbSb distances and polyhedral distortion of [SbXn]3-n on the PL of antimony-based 0D-OIMHs are discussed in detail. This work would provide guidance for constructing Sb-based 0D OIMHs composed of multiple halometallate species.