Issue 60, 2017

Wide band gap design of new chalcogenide compounds: KSrPS4 and CsBaAsS4

Abstract

Recently, the exploration of infrared nonlinear optical (IR NLO) materials has mainly focused on chalcogenide compounds. However, their practical applications are often hampered by the low laser damage thresholds (LDTs). It is known that wide band gaps can significantly enhance the LDTs of materials, and the introduction of alkali and alkaline earth cations would broaden the band gap. Accordingly, in this work two new compounds KSrPS4 and CsBaAsS4 with both alkali and alkaline earth cations were synthesized successfully. Both compounds crystallize in the space group Pnma (62) of the orthorhombic system, and the structures consist of isolated PnS4 (Pn = P, As) tetrahedra with the interstices occupied by K (or Cs) and Sr (or Ba) atoms, respectively. The band gaps of compounds were determined by different methods. The UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra revealed that the band gaps of KSrPS4 and CsBaAsS4 are larger than 3.62 eV and 2.86 eV, respectively. The band gaps are primarily determined by the PnS4 tetrahedra.

Graphical abstract: Wide band gap design of new chalcogenide compounds: KSrPS4 and CsBaAsS4

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Jan 2017
Accepted
19 Jul 2017
First published
02 Aug 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 38044-38051

Wide band gap design of new chalcogenide compounds: KSrPS4 and CsBaAsS4

J. Jiang, D. Mei, P. Gong, Z. Lin, J. Zhong and Y. Wu, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 38044 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA01142C

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