Issue 81, 2017

Compositional nanodomain formation in hybrid formate perovskites

Abstract

We report the synthesis and structural characterisation of three mixed-metal formate perovskite families [C(NH2)3]CuxM1−x(HCOO)3 (M = Mn, Zn, Mg). Using a combination of infrared spectroscopy, non-negative matrix factorization, and reverse Monte Carlo refinement, we show that the Mn- and Zn-containing compounds support compositional nanodomains resembling the polar nanoregions of conventional relaxor ferroelectrics. The M = Mg family exhibits a miscibility gap that we suggest reflects the limiting behaviour of nanodomain formation.

Graphical abstract: Compositional nanodomain formation in hybrid formate perovskites

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Sep 2017
Accepted
22 Sep 2017
First published
22 Sep 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 11233-11236

Compositional nanodomain formation in hybrid formate perovskites

E. A. Donlan, H. L. B. Boström, H. S. Geddes, E. M. Reynolds and A. L. Goodwin, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 11233 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC06928F

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