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A6Sb4F12(SO4)3 (A = Rb, Cs): Two Novel Antimony Fluoride Sulfates with Unique Crown-like Clusters
journal contribution
posted on 2020-05-22, 10:44 authored by Xuehua Dong, Ying Long, Xiaoyu Zhao, Ling Huang, Hongmei Zeng, Zhien Lin, Xin Wang, Guohong ZouTwo
new antimony fluoride sulfates named A6Sb4F12(SO4)3 (A = Rb, Cs) with unique
crown-like clusters have been successfully synthesized by introducing
Sb3+ with a stereochemically active lone pair in the sulfate
system through a facile hydrothermal method. The structure regulation
induced by the cation sizes results in the symmetry difference in
these two title compounds, i.e., Rb6Sb4F12(SO4)3 crystallizing in the polar noncentrosymmetric
(NCS) space group of P3 and Cs6Sb4F12(SO4)3 in the centrosymmetric
(CS) space group of P1̅. Detailed characterizations,
including XRD, thermal behaviors, optical properties, and the theoretical
calculations, for these two compounds have been performed. The discovery
of the unique crown-like clusters observed in A6Sb4F12(SO4)3 (A = Rb, Cs) enriches
the diversity of structures for antimony sulfates systems. Simultaneously,
a summary and comparison for all reported antimony halide sulfates
has been made to illustrate the synergistic effect of the stoichiometric
ratio and cation sizes on the macroscopic centricity and the framework
structure, which will guide the systematical discovery of antimony(III)-based
functional materials in future.