Issue 35, 2022

A novel 2-(aminomethyl)pyridineH2PO4 crystal with second-order nonlinear optical performance

Abstract

Organic phosphate nonlinear optical (NLO) materials, especially with the introduction of π-conjugated organic cations, have attracted attention due to their excellent performance and promising applications. Here, by combining the π-conjugated organic cationic 2-(aminomethyl)pyridine ((C6H9N2)+) with the inorganic moiety H2PO4, a novel (C6H9N2)H2PO4 ((2-Ampy)H2PO4) crystal with a non-centrosymmetric structure has been grown by the slow evaporation method under the conditions of RT and ambient atmosphere. The data about the crystal structure, optical, thermal, photoluminescence and nonlinear optical properties were sufficiently studied. (2-Ampy)H2PO4 exhibits a high diffuse reflection with wide transparent range and appropriate thermal stability. Furthermore, an obvious photoluminescence characteristic was presented and displayed two emission peaks with positions at about 385 and 489 nm, while the average PL lifetime was 5.36 μs under the excitation of 300 nm. Importantly, SHG about 0.3× that of KDP is attributed to the hydrogen bond and π-conjugated cationic effects for (2-Ampy)H2PO4 crystal powder. By DFT calculations, the simulated band gap is about 3.84 eV, and the electronic states around the forbidden gap are largely determined by the combined effects of the (2-Ampy)+ and (H2PO4) groups’ contribution to the optical features. All the above characteristics should be beneficial to the design and application of novel organic–inorganic hybrid phosphate NLO materials.

Graphical abstract: A novel 2-(aminomethyl)pyridineH2PO4 crystal with second-order nonlinear optical performance

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 May 2022
Accepted
08 Aug 2022
First published
10 Aug 2022

CrystEngComm, 2022,24, 6232-6238

A novel 2-(aminomethyl)pyridineH2PO4 crystal with second-order nonlinear optical performance

D. Wang, D. Sun, S. Zhang, J. Leng, R. Hou, H. Chen, J. Sun, Y. Dang and C. Shen, CrystEngComm, 2022, 24, 6232 DOI: 10.1039/D2CE00731B

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