Crystal Structure and Stoichiometric Composition of Potassium-Intercalated Tetracene



Hiley, Craig I, Inglis, Kenneth K, Zanella, Marco ORCID: 0000-0002-6164-6169, Zhang, Jiliang, Manning, Troy D ORCID: 0000-0002-7624-4306, Dyer, Matthew S ORCID: 0000-0002-4923-3003, Knaflic, Tilen, Arcon, Denis, Blanc, Frederic ORCID: 0000-0001-9171-1454, Prassides, Kosmas
et al (show 1 more authors) (2020) Crystal Structure and Stoichiometric Composition of Potassium-Intercalated Tetracene. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 59 (17). pp. 12545-12551.

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Abstract

The products of the solid-state reactions between potassium metal and tetracene (K:Tetracene, 1:1, 1.5:1, and 2:1) are fully structurally characterized. Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction shows that only K<sub>2</sub>Tetracene forms under the reaction conditions studied, with unreacted tetracene always present for <i>x</i> < 2. Diffraction and <sup>13</sup>C MAS NMR show that K<sub>2</sub>Tetracene has a crystal structure that is analogous to that of K<sub>2</sub>Pentacene, but with the cations ordered on two sites because of the influence of the length of the hydrocarbon on possible cation positions. K<sub>2</sub>Tetracene is a nonmagnetic insulator, thus further questioning the nature of reported superconductivity in this class of materials.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 Aug 2020 11:10
Last Modified: 02 Feb 2024 12:15
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01635
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01635
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3097287