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Facile Synthesis of Colloidal Lead Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets via Ligand-Assisted Reprecipitation
Published on: October 1, 2019
Crystal structure and optical properties of a two-dimensional lead(II) chloride porous metal halide semiconductor
Ali Azmy1, Ioannis Spanopoulos1
1Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA.
Abstract:
A new member of the recently developed family of porous metal halide semiconductors (PMHS) is reported. Crystals of bis(4,7,13,16,21,24-hexaoxa-1,10-diazoniabicyclo[8.8.8]hexacosane) tetradecachloridopentaplumbate(II), {(C18H38N2O6)2[Pb5Cl14]}n or (DHS)2Pb5Cl14 (DHS is the double-protonated [2.2.2]cryptand) were obtained via solution chemistry protocols, with concentrated HCl as the reaction solvent. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed a two-dimensional inorganic framework, crystallizing in the hexagonal space group P63/m with Z' = 1/6, separated and charge-balanced by double-protonated DHS organic cations. The corresponding material is isostructural with the previously reported water-stable (DHS)2Pb5Br14 and both feature broad light emission at room temperature. The lead chloride layer is disordered and was modeled as two components with partial occupancies of 0.585 and 0.415. (DHS)2Pb5Cl14 decomposes when placed in water, giving rise to PbCl2 as a degradation product. We attribute the sharp difference in water stability between the bromide and chloride analogs to differences in hydration energy and halide ionic radius, which affect their affinity for water molecules through hydrogen bonding.
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