Hybrid layered double perovskite (HLDP) halides comprise hexa-coordinated 1+ and 3+ metals in the octahedral sites within a perovskite layer and organic amine cations between the layers. Progress on such materials has hitherto been limited to compounds containing main group 3+ ions isoelectronic with Pb II (such as Sb III and Bi III ). Here, we report eight HLDP halides from the A2M I M III X8 family, where A = para-phenylenediammonium (PPDA), 1,4-butanediammonium (1,4-BDA) or 1,3propanediammonium (1,3-PDA); M I = Cu or Ag; M III = Ru or Mo; X = Cl or Br. The optical band gaps, which lie in the range 1.55 eV to 2.05 eV, are tunable according to the layer composition, but are largely independent of the spacer. Magnetic measurements carried out for (PPDA)2Ag I Ru III Cl8 and (PPDA)2Ag I Mo III Cl8 show no obvious evidence of a magnetic ordering transition. While the t2g 3 Mo III compound displays Curie-Weiss behavior for a spin-only d 3 ion, the t2g 5 Ru III compound displays marked deviations from the Kotani theory.
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Supporting InformationSynthesis and characterization, scXRD refinement details, key bond lengths and bond angles, hydrogen bond interactions, power x-ray diffraction patterns, x-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), scanning electron microscope (SEM) images, additional single-crystal x-ray structures, octahedral tilting
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