[(C5H6N2)2H](Sb4F13): a polyfluoroantimonite with a strong second harmonic generation effect

Abstract

It is of great difficulty to create a new antimonite with second-harmonic-generation (SHG) intensity larger than 6 times that of KDP. In this study, a polyfluoroantimonite strategy has been proposed to explore fluoroantimonites with large nonlinear optical (NLO) coefficients. Under the cooperation of chemical (highly asymmetric π-conjugated organic amine) and physical (viscous reaction medium ethylene glycol) methods, two novel polyfluoroantimonites, namely, (3PC)2(Sb4F14) and (3AP)2(Sb4F13), have been achieved. Interestingly, these two structures contain two new polyfluoroantimonite groups respectively, an isolated (Sb4F14)2− four-member polyhedral ring and an infinite [Sb4F13] helical chain. More importantly, the polar (3AP)2(Sb4F13) displays a strong SHG intensity of 8.1 × KDP, a large birefringence of 0.258@546 nm and a high laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) value of 149.7 MW cm−2. Theoretical calculations indicated that its strong SHG effect stems from the synergistic effect of the helical [Sb4F13] polyfluoroantimonite chain and π-conjugated 3AP+ cation, with a contribution ratio of 48.93% and 50.77% respectively. This work provides a new approach for the design and synthesis of high-performance fluoroantimonites.

Graphical abstract: [(C5H6N2)2H](Sb4F13): a polyfluoroantimonite with a strong second harmonic generation effect

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Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
13 Mar 2024
Accepted
28 Apr 2024
First published
30 Apr 2024
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article

[(C5H6N2)2H](Sb4F13): a polyfluoroantimonite with a strong second harmonic generation effect

J. Wu, C. Hu, Y. Li, J. Mao and F. Kong, Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D4SC01716A

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