Evidence and detailed study of a second-order phase transition in the (C{sub 6}H{sub 11}NH{sub 3}){sub 2}[PbI{sub 4}] organic-inorganic hybrid material
- Groupe d'Etudes de la Matière Condensée, CNRS-Université de Versailles Saint Quentin En Yvelines, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles (France)
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie, Résonance Magnétique et Modélisations, UMR-CNRS 7036, Institut Jean Barriol, Université de Lorraine, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (France)
- UMR CNRS 6521, Chimie, Electrochimie Moléculaires, Chimie Analytique, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, BP 809, 29285 Brest (France)
- Laboratoire de Physique Appliquée, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Route de Soukra km 3.5 BP 1171, 3018 Sfax (Tunisia)
The thermal properties of the organic-inorganic hybrid material (C{sub 6}H{sub 11}NH{sub 3}){sub 2}[PbI{sub 4}] are investigated using diffuse reflectivity, spectroscopic ellipsometry, differential scanning calorimetry, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The diffuse reflectivity, performed in heating mode, clearly evidences the presence of a singularity at 336 K. This is confirmed by the temperature dependence of the spectroscopic ellipsometry spectra, which points out a second-order phase transition at 336 K with a critical exponent ∼0.5. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements on a polycrystalline powder of (C{sub 6}H{sub 11}NH{sub 3}){sub 2}[PbI{sub 4}] show a reversible phase transition detected at T{sub C} = 336 K without hysteresis. Raman spectroscopy data suggest that this transition arises from a change in the interactions between inorganic sheets (([PbI{sub 4}]{sup 2−}){sub ∞}) and organic protonated molecules ([C{sub 6}H{sub 11}NH{sub 3}]{sup +}). The structural analysis from power X-ray diffraction reveals an incomplete order-disorder transition of the cyclohexylammonium cation, causing a subtle contraction of the inter-plane distance. The transition results from repulsive close contacts between the organic molecules in the interlayer spacing.
- OSTI ID:
- 22399323
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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