Cadmium phosphates with two types of fundamental building units and a wide ultraviolet transparency window

Owing to diverse crystal structures and intriguing properties, metal phosphates have attracted much attention in recent studies. In this work, two cadmium phosphates, KCd₆P₇O₂₄ and KCd₃P₃O₁₁, were obtained by the high-temperature solution method. In the crystal structure, both the title compounds contain two types of P-O fundamental building units. Thermal and spectral analyses were carried out on the title compounds, indicating that both of them have good thermal stability and short UV cut-off edges. In addition, the relationship between the electronic structures and optical properties was studied by theoretical calculations.