Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
Inorganic Chemistry
Pub Date
11-24-2008
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Volume
48
First Page
174
Abstract
Solid copper(I) cyanide occurs as extended one-dimensional chains with interesting photophysical properties. To explain the observed luminescence spectroscopy of CuCN, we report a series of computational studies using short bare and potassium-capped [Cun(CN)n+1] − (n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7) chains as CuCN models. On the basis of TD-DFT calculations of these model chains, the excitation transitions in the UV spectrum are assigned as Laporte-allowed π−π transitions from MOs with Cu 3dπ and CN π character to empty MOs with Cu 4p and CN π* character. Transitions between the HOMO (3dz) and LUMO (Cu 4p and CN π*) are symmetry forbidden and are not assigned to the bands in the excitation spectrum. The emission spectrum is assumed to arise from transitions between the lowest triplet excited state and the ground-state singlet. The lowest energy triplet for the model networks has a bent structure due to distortions to remove the degeneracies in the partially occupied MOs of the linear triplet. The S0−T gap for the bent triplet chains is consistent with the emission wavelength for bulk CuCN.
Recommended Citation
Bayse, Craig A.; Brewster, Timothy P.; and Pike, Robert D., Photoluminescence of 1-D Copper(I) Cyanide Chains: A Theoretical Description (2008). Inorganic Chemistry, 48, 174-182.
https://doi.org/10.1021/ic801509t
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/ic801509t
Publisher Statement
This document is the unedited Author’s version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Inorganic Chemistry, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ic801509t, see http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/articlesonrequest/index.html.
