Cs3Cu4In2Cl13 Nanocrystals: A Perovskite-Related Structure with Inorganic Clusters at A Sites

Roman Kaiukov, Guilherme Almeida, Sergio Marras, Zhiya Dang, Dmitry Baranov, Urko Petralanda, Ivan Infante*, Enrico Mugnaioli, Andrea Griesi, Luca De Trizio*, Mauro Gemmi*, Liberato Manna*

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Abstract

An effort to synthesize the Cu(I) variant of a lead-free double perovskite isostructural with Cs2AgInCl6 resulted in the formation of Cs3Cu4In2Cl13 nanocrystals with an unusual structure, as revealed by single-nanocrystal three-dimensional electron diffraction. These nanocrystals adopt a A2BX6 structure (K2PtCl6 type, termed vacancy ordered perovskite) with tetrahedrally coordinated Cu(I) ions. In the structure, 25% of the A sites are occupied by [Cu4Cl]3+ clusters (75% by Cs+), and the B sites are occupied by In3+. Such a Cs3Cu4In2Cl13 compound prepared at the nanoscale is not known in the bulk and is an example of a multinary metal halide with inorganic cluster cations residing in A sites. The stability of the compound was supported by density functional theory calculations that also revealed that its bandgap is direct but parity forbidden. The existence of the Cs3Cu4In2Cl13 structure demonstrates that small inorganic cluster cations can occupy A sites in multinary metal halides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)548-554
Number of pages7
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume59
Issue number1
Early online date12 Dec 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2020

Funding

The authors thank Anatolii Polovitsyn for his help in developing the synthesis, Mirko Prato for the XPS analysis, and Simone Lauciello for carrying out the SEM-EDS measurements. The authors also acknowledge funding from the programme for research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (2014–2020) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement COMPASS 691185. The work of D.B. was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant 794560 (RETAIN). I.I. acknowledges the Dutch NWO for financial support under the Vidi scheme (Grant 723.013.002).

FundersFunder number
Dutch NWO723.013.002
European Union’s Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme794560
Horizon 20202020, 691185

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