Rare‐Earth Melonates LnC6N7(NCN)3·xH2O (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb; x = 8–12): Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Thermal Behavior, and Photoluminescence Properties of Heptazine Salts with Trivalent Cations
Rare‐Earth Melonates LnC6N7(NCN)3·xH2O (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb; x = 8–12): Synthesis, Crystal Structures, Thermal Behavior, and Photoluminescence Properties of Heptazine Salts with Trivalent Cations
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DOI:
10.1002/ejic.201101251
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发表时间:
2012-04
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Sophia J. Makowski;A. Schwarze;P. Schmidt;W. Schnick
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作者:
Sophia J. Makowski;A. Schwarze;P. Schmidt;W. Schnick
The rare-earth melonates LnC6N7(NCN)3·xH2O (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb; x = 8–12) have been synthesized by metathesis reactions in aqueous solution and characterized by single-crystal and powder XRD, FTIR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, and photoluminescence studies. Powder XRD patterns revealed isotypism of the La–Sm compounds. The structure of LaC6N7(NCN)3·8H2O has been solved and refined from single-crystal diffraction data and those of the remaining salts have been refined from powder XRD data by Rietveld refinement. In the crystal structures, the melonate entities are arranged in corrugated layers, which alternate with layers of crystal water molecules. The lanthanide ions are coordinated by two melonate and six water molecules. LnC6N7(NCN)3·xH2O (Ln = Eu, Tb; x = 9–12) have also been investigated by photoluminescence studies. Neither hydrated nor dehydrated europium melonate exhibits luminescence under UV excitation, whereas photoluminescence studies of terbium melonate showed green emission with a maximum at 545 nm due to the 5D47F5 transition. Thermal analysis revealed rather low thermal stability of the rare-earth melonates, which is probably due to the tight binding of crystal water that results in hydrolytic decomposition at elevated temperatures.