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Synthesis and structural characterization of a Cu(II)-based 1D coordination polymer and its application in Schottky devices

Ahmed F., Halder S., Dutta B. et al. · New Journal of Chemistry · 2017 · 11317-11323

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2synthesis routes
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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

An ITO/compound 1/Al junction behaves as a Schottky diode with rectifying I-V behaviour and measurable conductivity.

Caveat: No independent pristine non-device control film is reported; all electrical parameters are from the fabricated junction.

p003-p004 · Electrical characterization · Fig. 4; Table 1 · Linked to 3 structured results

Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

The optical and calculated gaps support assignment of semiconducting behaviour for compound 1.

Caveat: Optical band gap is an extrapolated approximate value from a Tauc plot; DFT uses a single motif model.

p003 · Optical characterization; DFT and the band gap · Fig. 2; Fig. 3 · Linked to 2 structured results

Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

Compound 1 is a 1D Cu(II) coordination polymer whose chains assemble by hydrogen bonding into 2D sheets and by C-H...pi interactions into a 3D supramolecular network.

Caveat: Framework is described as a coordination polymer/supramolecular aggregate, not a permanently porous MOF.

p002 · Structural description · Fig. 1; Fig. S1 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

Forward-bias transport is interpreted as ohmic at low bias, SCLC in an intermediate region, and trap-free SCLC at higher voltages.

Caveat: Region boundaries and slopes are shown graphically in Fig. 7 but not tabulated numerically.

p004-p005 · Electrical characterization · Fig. 7; Fig. 8 · Linked to 4 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

The authors attribute conductivity to metal-dependent through-space charge transport via non-covalent hydrogen-bonding interactions, with Cu(II) centres playing a key role.

Caveat: Mechanistic attribution is interpretive and based on structure/DFT plus device analysis rather than direct microscopic charge-transport mapping.

p004 · Electrical characterization · Table S4 · Linked to 4 structured results

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
[Cu(fum)(4-phpy)2(H2O)]C26H22CuN2O5Cu(II) centres in square-pyramidal coordination environments · fumarate (fum) and 4-phenylpyridine (4-phpy)1D · PristineOrthorhombic P212121 1D coordination polymer; 1D chains assemble through hydrogen bonding into 2D sheets and through C-H...pi interactions into a 3D supramolecular aggregate.p001 · Abstract

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as-synthesised compound 1 bulk crystals/powderresearch_0595__mat__compound_1Powder · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkBlock-shaped blue crystals obtained by solution layering; bulk powder used for PXRD, TGA and FESEM.p002 · Synthesis of compound 1
DFT coordination motif model of compound 1research_0595__mat__compound_1Model · Model System · ModelSingle-unit coordination motif optimised computationally.p003 · Density functional theory (DFT) and the band gap · Fig. 3
single crystals of compound 1research_0595__mat__compound_1Single Crystal · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkSingle crystals selected for SCXRD.p002 · General X-ray crystallography
ITO/compound 1/Al Schottky device thin filmresearch_0595__mat__compound_1Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkSpin-coated dispersed compound 1 film, vacuum dried at 90 C, then Al electrodes deposited.ITO-coated glass with aluminium top electrodes · 1 um taken for SCLC calculationsp002 · Device fabrication and characterization