%0 Generic %A Morad, Viktoriia %A Shynkarenko, Yevhen %A Yakunin, Sergii %A Brumberg, Alexandra %A Schaller, Richard D. %A Kovalenko, Maksym V. %D 2019 %T Disphenoidal Zero-Dimensional Lead, Tin, and Germanium Halides: Highly Emissive Singlet and Triplet Self-Trapped Excitons and X‑ray Scintillation %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Disphenoidal_Zero-Dimensional_Lead_Tin_and_Germanium_Halides_Highly_Emissive_Singlet_and_Triplet_Self-Trapped_Excitons_and_X_ray_Scintillation/8283746 %R 10.1021/jacs.9b02365.s002 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/15509984 %K metal halide centers %K Bmpip 2 SnI 4 %K Bmpip 2 PbBr 4 exhibit X-ray-excited luminescence %K disphenoidal coordination %K report isostructural halide complexes %K Disphenoidal Zero-Dimensional %K Germanium Halides %K optoelectronic materials %K 1- butyl -1-methyl cation %K Emissive Singlet %K 730 nm %K Bmpip 2 SnBr 4 %K triplet excitonic emission bands %K ns 2 elements %K Triplet Self-Trapped Excitons %K X-ray scintillator %K broadband light emitters %K quantum efficiencies %K Zero-dimensional halides %X Low-dimensional metal halides have been researched as optoelectronic materials for the past two decades. Zero-dimensional halides of ns2 elements (Sn, Pb, Sb) have recently gained attention as highly efficient broadband light emitters. These compounds comprise discrete metal halide centers, isolated by bulky organic cations. Herein, we report isostructural halide complexes of Ge­(II), Sn­(II), and Pb­(II) with a 1-butyl-1-methyl-piperidinium cation (Bmpip), featuring unusual disphenoidal coordination with a highly stereoactive lone pair. Spectrally broad, bright emission from highly localized excitons, with quantum efficiencies of up to 75%, is observed in blue to red spectral regions for bromides (for Pb, Sn, and Ge, respectively) and extends into the near-infrared for Bmpip2SnI4 (peak at 730 nm). In the case of Sn­(II) and Ge­(II), both singlet and triplet excitonic emission bands have been observed. Furthermore, Bmpip2SnBr4 and Bmpip2PbBr4 exhibit X-ray-excited luminescence (radioluminescence) with brightness being commensurate with that of a commercial inorganic X-ray scintillator (NaI:Tl). %I ACS Publications