Issue 48, 2022

Excitation dependent white and red-NIR emission of a MnII-based complex

Abstract

Nowadays, organic and organic–inorganic supramolecular crystals are potential candidates for lighting applications. In this work, a new molecular crystal (C5H8N3)2[MnCl4(C5H7N3)2] abbreviated (AmpH)2[MnCl4(Amp)2], (C5H7N3 = Amp = 2-amino-4-methylpyrimidine), containing octahedral Mn(II) complex [MnCl4(C5H7N3)2]2− and 2-amino-4-methylpyrimidinium cation [C5H8N3]+ has been successfully investigated. The thermal analysis of the synthesized compound shows that it is thermally stable up to 190 °C. The absorption analysis demonstrates an intense absorption band in the UV region with no characteristic absorption in the visible range which makes the material suitable for optoelectronic application. The direct and indirect investigated gap energies are found to be 3.66 and 3.51 eV, respectively, and that proves the semiconducting property of the investigated compound. The solid-state photoluminescence measurements allowed the identification of a broad cold white-light emission under an excitation wavelength of 250 nm. Under an excitation wavelength of 350 nm, the material exhibits an emission centered at around 644 nm assigned to the red phosphorescence emission from the triplet state characteristic of the octahedral MnII ions. In addition, a broad NIR-emission band is observed between 700 and 900 nm. Hence, the emission from (AmpH)2[MnCl4(Amp)2] can be varied from white to red-NIR by simple variation of excitation wavelengths. Then the obtained material is suitable for lighting applications such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and is bio-compatible for bio-sensing and bio-imaging as a heavy atom free material.

Graphical abstract: Excitation dependent white and red-NIR emission of a MnII-based complex

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Mha 2022
Accepted
24 Nhl 2022
First published
09 Huk 2022

CrystEngComm, 2022,24, 8467-8476

Excitation dependent white and red-NIR emission of a MnII-based complex

W. Jabeur, R. Msalmi, M. Korb, F. Hassen, A. Guesmi, A. Houas, N. B. Hamadi and H. Naïli, CrystEngComm, 2022, 24, 8467 DOI: 10.1039/D2CE01138G

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