(C(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(I<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>F)(IO<sub>3</sub>)(H<sub>2</sub>O) and C(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>IO<sub>2</sub>F<sub>2</sub>: Two Guanidine Fluorooxoiodates
with Wide Band Gap and Large Birefringence
posted on 2023-12-22, 11:15authored byJuhui Cui, Shibin Wang, Abudukadi Tudi, Minqiang Gai, Zhihua Yang, Shilie Pan
Enhancing
anisotropy through an effective synergistic arrangement
of anionic and cationic groups is crucial for improving the birefringence
optical properties of materials. In this work, by transforming I–O
into I–F through the fluorination strategy, two metal-free
guanidine fluorooxoiodates (C(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(I<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>F)(IO<sub>3</sub>)(H<sub>2</sub>O) and
C(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>IO<sub>2</sub>F<sub>2</sub> and one guanidine
iodate C(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>IO<sub>3</sub> were successfully
synthesized using the hydrothermal method. An unprecedented dimer
[I<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>F] formed by [IO<sub>3</sub>F] and [IO<sub>3</sub>] in (C(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(I<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>F)(IO<sub>3</sub>)(H<sub>2</sub>O) was found, which
greatly enriches the structural diversity of fluorooxoiodates. All
three compounds feature a relatively large birefringence (Δ<i>n</i> = 0.068, 0.110 and 0.075 at 546 nm) and a short ultraviolet
cutoff edge. The theoretical calculation was carried out to understand
the electronic structures and linear optical properties.