Crystal system: monoclinic
| a: | 12.876 (±0.0008) Å |
| b: | 9.4302 (±0.0007) Å |
| c: | 15.1306 (±0.001) Å |
| α: | 90° |
| β: | 114.194 (±0.005)° |
| γ: | 90° |
Starting materials: distilled HI (aqueous 99.95%), H3PO2 (50% aqueous), SnI2 (synthesized from Sn granules, and I2 (99.8%)), imidazole (99%)
Product: yellow/orange hexagonal plates
Description: Two-necked flask was charged with aqueous HI (6.8 mL, 7.58 M) and aqueous H3PO2 (1.7 mL, 9.14 M). Nitrogen was passed through the liquid to degass the solution. SnI2 (744 mg, 2 mmol) was dissolved in solution, and flask was heated to boiling (~130 ºC) via an oil bath. A bright yellow solution formed under magnetic stirring. Solid imidazole (136 mg, 1 mmol) was added to the solution, and the solution was heated to 120º C. Crystals began to grow for 120º C for 2 hours. The solution was then cooled to room temperature.
Method: Single crystal X-ray diffraction
Description: SC-XRD was performed with a STOE IPDS II or IPDS 2T diffractometer with Mo Kα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å), operating at 50 kV and 40 mA. Integration/numerical absorption corrections were executed with X-AREA, X-RED, and X-SHAPE programs.
Crystal system: monoclinic
| Band gap (optical, diffuse reflectance), eV |
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Starting materials: distilled HI (aqueous 99.95%), H3PO2 (50% aqueous), SnI2 (synthesized from Sn granules, and I2 (99.8%)), imidazole (99%)
Product: yellow/orange hexagonal plates
Description: Two-necked flask was charged with aqueous HI (6.8 mL, 7.58 M) and aqueous H3PO2 (1.7 mL, 9.14 M). Nitrogen was passed through the liquid to degass the solution. SnI2 (744 mg, 2 mmol) was dissolved in solution, and flask was heated to boiling (~130 ºC) via an oil bath. A bright yellow solution formed under magnetic stirring. Solid imidazole (136 mg, 1 mmol) was added to the solution, and the solution was heated to 120º C. Crystals began to grow for 120º C for 2 hours. The solution was then cooled to room temperature.
Method: UV-vis absorption (diffuse reflectance)
Description: Diffuse-reflectance measurements were performed and collected at room temperature. A Shimadzu UV-3600 PC double-beam and double monochromator spectrophotometer (operating between 200 to 2500 nm) was used.BaSO4 was used as a nonabsorbing reflectance reference. Generated reflectance v. wavelength data was used to estimate the band gap. The Kubelka-Munk equation α/S = (1-R)^{2}/(2R) was used.
Starting materials: distilled HI (aqueous 99.95%), H3PO2 (50% aqueous), SnI2 (synthesized from Sn granules, and I2 (99.8%)), imidazole (99%)
Product: yellow/orange hexagonal plates
Description: Two-necked flask was charged with aqueous HI (6.8 mL, 7.58 M) and aqueous H3PO2 (1.7 mL, 9.14 M). Nitrogen was passed through the liquid to degass the solution. SnI2 (744 mg, 2 mmol) was dissolved in solution, and flask was heated to boiling (~130 ºC) via an oil bath. A bright yellow solution formed under magnetic stirring. Solid imidazole (136 mg, 1 mmol) was added to the solution, and the solution was heated to 120º C. Crystals began to grow for 120º C for 2 hours. The solution was then cooled to room temperature.
Method: UV-vis absorption (diffuse reflectance)
Description: Diffuse-reflectance measurements were performed and collected at room temperature. A Shimadzu UV-3600 PC double-beam and double monochromator spectrophotometer (operating between 200 to 2500 nm) was used.BaSO4 was used as a nonabsorbing reflectance reference.