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Realization of Organocerium-Based Fullerene Molecular Materials Showing Mott Insulator-Type Behavior

Pandey, Pragati  
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Wang, Xiaoyu
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Gupta, Himanshu
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March 27, 2024
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Electron-rich organocerium complexes (C5Me4H)(3)Ce and [(C5Me5)(2)Ce(ortho-oxa)], with redox potentials E-1/2 = -0.82 V and E-1/2 = -0.86 V versus Fc/Fc(+), respectively, were reacted with fullerene (C-60) in different stoichiometries to obtain molecular materials. Structurally characterized cocrystals: (C5Me4H)(3)CeC-60 (1) and (C5Me5)(2)Ce(ortho-oxa)C-60 (2) of C-60 with cerium-based, molecular rare earth precursors are reported for the first time. The extent of charge transfer in 1 and 2 was evaluated using a series of physical measurements: FT-IR, Raman, solid-state UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The physical measurements indicate that 1 and 2 comprise the cerium(III) oxidation state, with formally neutral C-60 as a cocrystal in both cases. Pressure-dependent periodic density functional theory calculations were performed to study the electronic structure of 1. Inclusion of a Hubbard-U parameter removes Ce f states from the Fermi level, opens up a band gap, and stabilizes FM/AFM magnetic solutions that are isoenergetic because of the large distances between the Ce(III) cations. The electronic structure of this strongly correlated Mott insulator-type system is reminiscent of the well-studied Ce2O3.

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DOI
10.1021/acsami.3c18766
Web of Science ID

WOS:001192385500001

Author(s)
Pandey, Pragati  
Wang, Xiaoyu
Gupta, Himanshu
Smith, Patrick W.
Lapsheva, Ekaterina
Carroll, Patrick J.
Bacon, Alexandra M.
Booth, Corwin H.
Minasian, Stefan G.
Autschbach, Jochen
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Date Issued

2024-03-27

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume

16

Issue

14

Start page

17857

End page

17869

Subjects

Technology

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Molecular Materials

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Fulleride

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Strongly Correlatedelectrons

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Spectroscopy

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Mott Insulator

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Density Functional Theory

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REVIEWED

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LRM  
FunderGrant Number

Basic Energy Sciences

DE-SC0020169

Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division, Materials and Chemical Sciences Research for Quantum Information Science Program of the U.S. Department of Energy

Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology for the graduate fellowship

DE-SC0020340

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April 17, 2024
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