From a blue to white to yellow emitter: a hexanuclear copper iodide nanocluster.

Title From a blue to white to yellow emitter: a hexanuclear copper iodide nanocluster.
Authors K. Xu; B.L. Chen; R. Zhang; L. Liu; X.X. Zhong; L. Wang; F.Y. Li; G.H. Li; K.A. Alamry; F.B. Li; W.Y. Wong; H.M. Qin
Journal Dalton Trans
DOI 10.1039/c9dt04701h
Abstract

Highly emissive copper(i) halide nanoclusters showing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) have been paid much attention, but rarely reported so far. Herein, a hexanuclear copper(i) iodide cluster containing a tridentate N?P?N ligand, [CuI(ppda)] {ppda = 2-[2-(dimethylamino)phenyl(phenyl)phosphino]-N,N-dimethylaniline}, was synthesized. All six copper atoms are four-coordinate, including four CuPNI and two CuI units. This complex exhibits intense white emission in the powder state at room temperature and shows a peak at a wavelength of 535 nm (? = 0.36) with a microsecond lifetime (? = 4.4 ?s). Emission colors can be largely tuned from blue to white to yellow, from the crystal to powder to film state at 297 K. The emission of [CuI(ppda)] originates from a combination of MLCT and XLCT transitions. This complex showed good thermal stability. A solution-processed, nondoped device of complex [CuI(ppda)] exhibits stable yellow emission with the CIE coordinates (x, y) of (0.43, 0.51). [CuI(ppda)] also shows reasonable photocatalytic H evolution activity under visible-light irradiation.

Citation K. Xu; B.L. Chen; R. Zhang; L. Liu; X.X. Zhong; L. Wang; F.Y. Li; G.H. Li; K.A. Alamry; F.B. Li; W.Y. Wong; H.M. Qin.From a blue to white to yellow emitter: a hexanuclear copper iodide nanocluster.. Dalton Trans. 2020;49(18):58595868. doi:10.1039/c9dt04701h

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