Strongly coloured thiocyanate frameworks with perovskite-analogue structures

Matthew Cliffe, Evan Keyzer, Matthew T Dunstan, Shahab Ahmad, M De Volder, Felix Deschler, Andrew James Morris, Clare P. Grey

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Abstract

We report the first examples of thiocyanate-based analogues of the cyanide Prussian blue com- pounds, MIII[Bi(SCN)6], M= Fe, Cr, Sc. These compounds adopt the primitive cubic pcu topology and show strict cation order. Optical absorption measurements show these compounds have band gaps within the visible and near IR region, suggesting that they may be useful for photocat- alytic applications. We also show that Cr[Bi(SCN)6] can reversibly uptake water into its framework structure pointing towards the possibility of using these frameworks for host/guest chemistry.
Original languageEnglish
JournalChemical Science
Early online date26 Oct 2018
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 26 Oct 2018

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