X-ray Diffraction Studies on the Molecular Semiconductors Based on the Charge-Transfer Complexes of Some Substituted Phenothiazines with Iodine

Autor: Ranjana Singh, Ram Adhar Singh, S. M. Verma
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Crystal Research and Technology. 26:339-343
ISSN: 1521-4079
0232-1300
Popis: The powder X-ray diffraction data on some molecular semiconductors based on the charge transfer complexes of three substituted phenothiazines viz., phenothiazine (PTZ), 2-chlorophenothiazine (CPZ), and 2-(trifluoromethyl)phenothiazine (TPZ) with molecular iodine have been reported in this paper. The indexing of the data has been done by Ito's method. All the complexes have been found to have orthorhombic crystal structures. The lattice parameters for the individual complexes are as follows: . These results indicate that the segregated stacking of mixed valence with neutral and cationic donor moieties and polymeric iodide species, two pentaiodides linked with one truodide forming a staircase delocalized structure, are present in these complexes. This may be possibly the reason for high electrical conductivity of these complexes. However, the charge transfer complexes of iodine with 2-acetylphenothiazine (APZ), N-acetylphenothiazine (NAPZ) and N-benzoylphenothiazine (NBPZ) give no diffraction patterns indicating that the molecular semiconductors based on these complexes exist in amorphous form. This is further supported by very low electrical conductivities of these complexes. This structural information is quite useful in discussing the electronic properties of this class of molecular semiconductors.
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