Electronic structures of electron-rich octahedrally condensed transition-metal chalcogenide clusters

Cu Insertion Into the Mo12 Cluster Compound Cs2Mo12Se14: Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structures, and Physical Properties

Mo-based cluster compounds are promising materials for high-temperature thermoelectric applications due to their intrinsic, extremely low thermal conductivity values. In this study, polycrystalline cluster compounds Cs2CuxMo12Se14 were prepared for a wide range of Cu contents (0 ≤ x ≤ 2). All samples crystallize isostructurally in the trigonal space group R3̅. The position of the Cu atoms in the unit cell was determined by X-ray diffraction on a single-crystalline specimen indicating that these atoms fill the empty space between the Mo-Se clusters. Density functional theory calculations predict a metallic ground state for all compositions, in good agreement with the experimental findings. Magnetization measurements indicate a rapid suppression of the superconducting state that develops in the x = 0.0 sample upon Cu insertion. Transport properties measurements, performed in a wide temperature range (2-630 K) on the two end-member compounds x = 0 and x = 2, revealed a multiband electrical conduction as shown by sign reversal of the thermopower as a function of temperature.

Combined theoretical and time-resolved photoluminescence investigations of [Mo6Bri8Bra6]2− metal cluster units: evidence of dual emission

Distinct emissive species have been identified in [Mo₆Brⁱ₈Br^a₆]²⁻ containing systems. Strong geometrical relaxations of the triplet excited states are responsible for the huge energy shift leading to intense red-NIR emission.