Issue 4, 2021

Ultralow thermal conductivity in the quaternary semiconducting chalcogenide Cs4[Ho26Cd7Se48] with an unprecedented closed cavity architecture

Abstract

Novel three-dimensional (3D) inorganic chalcogenide architectures have attracted much attention because of their rich structural assembly patterns and intriguing physical properties. Herein, four isostructural quaternary semiconducting chalcogenides, namely Cs4[RE26Cd7Se48] (RE = Ho, Er, Tm, and Lu), have been discovered and found to crystallize in a tetragonal system, space group I41/a (no. 88). Their structures feature 3D quasi-NaCl type architectures formed by edge-sharing and face-sharing of [RESe6] and [MSe6] (M = RE/Cd) octahedra, which are embedded with the unprecedented polyanionic [Cs2@Se18–Cd–Cs2@Se18] closed cavities. Significantly, the compound Cs4[Ho26Cd7Se48] exhibits ultralow thermal conductivity (0.38–0.29 W m−1 K−1) from 295 K to 675 K, which is one of the lowest values reported in crystalline chalcogenides. This result not only enriches the coordination chemistry of host–guest systems, but also suggests a new thought for the design of novel inorganic chalcogenides with intrinsic low thermal conductivities.

Graphical abstract: Ultralow thermal conductivity in the quaternary semiconducting chalcogenide Cs4[Ho26Cd7Se48] with an unprecedented closed cavity architecture

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
15 okt 2020
Accepted
28 nov 2020
First published
08 dec 2020

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021,8, 1049-1055

Ultralow thermal conductivity in the quaternary semiconducting chalcogenide Cs4[Ho26Cd7Se48] with an unprecedented closed cavity architecture

H. Chen, P. Liu, H. Lin and X. Wu, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 1049 DOI: 10.1039/D0QI01240H

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