Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite (C6H5(CH2)2NH3)2CdCl4: Synthesis, structural and thermal properties

The present research work reports the study on crystal structure, vibrational spectroscopy and thermal analysis of organic-inorganic hybrid compound (C 6 H 5 (CH 2 ) 2 NH 3 ) 2 CdCl 4 . Single crystals of bis(phenethylammonium)tetrachlorocadmate (C 6 H 5 (CH 2 ) 2 NH 3 ) 2 CdCl 4 (PEA–Cd) were obtained by diffusion at room temperature. This compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group C2cb with unit cell parameters a = 7.4444(2) Å, b = 38.8965(3) Å, c = 7.3737(2) Å and Z = 4. Single crystal structure has been solved and refined to R = 0.036 and wR = 0.092. The structure consists of an extended [CdCl 4 ] 2– network and two [C 6 H 5 (CH 2 ) 2 NH 3 ] + cations to form a two-dimensional perovskite system. The infrared (IR) spectrum of the title compound was recorded at room temperature. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to investigate the phase transition; this compound exhibits a reversible single solid-solid phase transition.