Among the large family of two-dimensional inorganic-organic hybrid material systems, the lead-free ones are significantly important due to their nontoxicity and suitability in energy storage devices, heat management in electronics, optoelectronics, light-emitting and memory devices, low-temperature magnetic refrigeration, and other applications. Thermal stability, solid-solid phase transitions and light emission properties of solution-processed copper-and manganese-based (R-NH 3 ) 2 MX 4 hybrids are reported here. Manganese chloride and long carbon chain-based systems are found to be highly stable as compared to the others. Thermally stable up to temperatures beyond 240 • C, these systems are seen to exhibit multiple solid-solid phase transitions in the temperature range of 30 • C-100 • C. The nature of the phase transitions depends on the length and the conformation of the organic chain, and the metal-halogen network present in them. Owing to the phase-change temperatures being near the room temperature as well as the high-value enthalpy and entropy changes, (C 12 H 25 NH 3 ) 2 MnCl 4 is more appropriate for energy storage and release applications. Also, these systems exhibit broadband light emission under ambient conditions to provide a low-cost route to white light-emitting devices.