Two Unique Crystalline Semiconductor Zeolite Analogues Based on Indium Selenide Clusters
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Chaozhuang Xue1, Dandan Hu1, Yingying Zhang1
1College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University , Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
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.
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