Controllable incorporation of 1,2,4-triazolate into cluster-based metal-chalcogenide frameworks

Abstract

The first incorporation of the 1,2,4-triazolate ligand into metal-chalcogenide semiconductor frameworks resulted in the formation of two new supertetrahedral-cluster-based triazolate frameworks (SCTFs) with hybrid inter-cluster connection modes, namely, SCTF-1 with an inorganic/organic linker ratio of 3 : 1 and SCTF-2 with a linker ratio of 2 : 2. The optical properties of these two close models were investigated.