A New 3D Iodoargentate Hybrid: Structure, Optical/Photoelectric Performance and Theoretical Research

Jun Li, Shuyue Xie, Ming Pang, Jiacheng Zhu, Jinting Wu, Yongdi Zhang, Bo Zhang · 2023

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Jun Li and co-authors report a new three-dimensional hybrid material built from silver and iodine in a 2023 paper. Such microporous metal halides are sought for light-based devices, but new members of the silver-iodine family are hard to make and to understand. The team grew the crystal in hot solvent, using a ring-based organic guide to shape its growth.

The crystal's silver-iodine frame forms a complex 3D net built from six-silver units. Light tests show it acts as a semiconductor with a mid-sized energy gap. Under switching light, it gave clear photocurrents that match or beat many known halide materials, under both visible and full-spectrum light. Computer models traced the behavior to the spread of its electron bands.

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CREATORJun Li, Shuyue Xie, Ming Pang, Jiacheng Zhu, Jinting Wu, Yongdi Zhang, Bo Zhang
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE26 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10745466

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