Issue 12, 2017

Dual emissions from MnS clusters confined in the sodalite nanocage of a chalcogenide-based semiconductor zeolite

Abstract

A new host–guest hybrid system with MnS clusters confined in a chalcogenide-based semiconductor zeolite was for the first time constructed and its photoluminescence (PL) properties were also investigated. The existence of MnS clusters in the nanopores of the semiconductor zeolite was revealed by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, steady-state fluorescence analysis, Raman as well as Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The aggregation state of the entrapped MnS clusters at different measurement temperatures was probed by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Of significant importance is the fact that the entrapped MnS clusters displayed dual emissions at 518 nm (2.39 eV) and 746 nm (1.66 eV), respectively, and the long-wavelength emission has never been observed in other MnS-confined host–guest systems. These two emission peaks displayed tunable PL intensity affected by the loading level and measurement temperature. This can be explained by the different morphologies of MnS clusters with different aggregation states at the corresponding loading level or measurement temperature. The current study opens a new avenue to construct inorganic chalcogenide cluster involved host–guest systems with a semiconductor zeolite as the host matrix.

Graphical abstract: Dual emissions from MnS clusters confined in the sodalite nanocage of a chalcogenide-based semiconductor zeolite

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Feb 2017
Accepted
23 Feb 2017
First published
23 Feb 2017

Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 3929-3933

Dual emissions from MnS clusters confined in the sodalite nanocage of a chalcogenide-based semiconductor zeolite

D. Hu, Y. Zhang, J. Lin, Y. Hou, D. Li and T. Wu, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 3929 DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00386B

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