Mixed valence Sn doped (CH3NH3)3Bi2Br9 produced by mechanochemical synthesis

Xiaohan Jia; Yuhan Liu; Prajna Bhatt; Robin S. Perry; Ivan P. Parkin; Robert G. Palgrave

doi:10.1039/D2CP04487K

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Mixed valence Sn doped (CH₃NH₃)₃Bi₂Br₉ produced by mechanochemical synthesis†

Xiaohan Jia,^a Yuhan Liu,

^ab Prajna Bhatt,

^a Robin S. Perry,^bc Ivan P. Parkin

^a and Robert G. Palgrave

*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, UK
E-mail: r.palgrave@ucl.ac.uk

^b London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, UK

^c ISIS neutron spallation source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Harwell Campus, Didcot, UK

Abstract

Bismuth halides with formula A₃Bi₂X₉, where A is an inorganic or organic cation, show desirable properties as solar absorbers and luminescent materials. Control of structural and electronic dimensionality of these compounds is important to yield materials with good light absorption and charge transport. Here we report mechanochemical reaction of (CH₃NH₃)₃Bi₂Br₉ with SnBr₂ at room temperature in air, yielding a material with strong absorption across the visible region. We attribute this to mixed valence doping of Sn(II) and Sn(IV) on the Bi site. X-Ray diffraction shows no secondary phases, even after heating at 200 °C to improve crystallinity. X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggests the presence of Sn(II) and Sn(IV) states. A similar approach to dope Sn into the iodide analogue (CH₃NH₃)₃Bi₂I₉ was unsuccessful.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CP04487K
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 26 Sep 2022
Accepted: 19 Jan 2023
First published: 20 Jan 2023
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Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023,25, 4563-4569

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Mixed valence Sn doped (CH₃NH₃)₃Bi₂Br₉ produced by mechanochemical synthesis

X. Jia, Y. Liu, P. Bhatt, R. S. Perry, I. P. Parkin and R. G. Palgrave, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 4563 DOI: 10.1039/D2CP04487K

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