Issue 3, 2024

High-pressure observation of elusive iodoplumbic acid in different hydronium-hydrate solid forms

Abstract

High-pressure and high-temperature isochoric crystallization combined with single-crystal X-ray diffraction revealed the proposed, but previously never demonstrated, hydronium acid hydrates of [PbI3], the closest forms of the elusive iodoplumbic acid. Depending on the pressure range, the reaction of PbI2 and aqueous concentrated hydriodic acid under isochoric conditions in a diamond anvil cell held between 0.11 and 1.20 GPa produces two hydrated acids with compositions [H3O][PbI3nH2O (n = 3, 4). Comprised of polymeric one-dimensional double-chain PbI3 anions, analogous to those seen in archetypal lead-halide perovskites such as RbPbI3 and CsPbI3, these hydrates offer the first observation of the iodoplumbic acid progenitor of hybrid lead perovskites. We also reveal the ‘hidden’ polymorph of lead(II) iodide, adopting a three-dimensional Pb–I bonded network, contrasting with the prototypic ambient-pressure layered PbI2 structure.

Graphical abstract: High-pressure observation of elusive iodoplumbic acid in different hydronium-hydrate solid forms

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
13 6 2023
Accepted
02 12 2023
First published
06 12 2023

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 735-744

High-pressure observation of elusive iodoplumbic acid in different hydronium-hydrate solid forms

S. Sobczak, A. M. Fidelli, J. Do, G. P. Demopoulos, A. Moores, T. Friščić and A. Katrusiak, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 735 DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01102J

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