Cadmium tris(dithiocarbamate) ionic liquids as single source, solvent-free cadmium sulfide precursors

Abstract

The first cadmium-based ionic liquids (ILs) have been developed, along with a family of cadmium dialkyldithiocarbamate salts, (cation)[Cd(R₂dtc)₃], in the pursuit of single source molecular precursors that thermolyse to form cadmium sulfide. Pyrrolidinium cadmium dialkyldithiocarbamate salts, (C₄C₁py)[Cd(R₂dtc)₃], salts were established to be ILs through thorough thermal and structural investigation.