Synthesis, structure, and luminescent properties of a family of lanthanide-functionalized peroxoniobiophosphates.

Eight new lanthanide derivatives containing 6-peroxoniobio-4-phosphate building block, [Ln(HO)][H(NbO)PO]·nHO [Ln = Eu (1), Gd (2), Tb (3), Dy (4), Ho (5), Er (6), Tm (7), Yb (8), 1-5, 7, 8 n = 12; 6 n = 9], have been successfully obtained using an in-situ strategy and fully characterized in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectra, TG-MS, PXRD. Structural analyses indicate that these isostructural polyanions 1-8 consist of one [P(NbO)O] (P (NbO ) ) clusters and two pendant Ln cations. In these compounds, P (NbO ) clusters are connected by lanthanide cations to form extended two-dimensional architectures. The approach takes advantage of the ability of in-situ formed P (NbO ) cluster to build frameworks by using it as ligands to lanthanide ions. The photoluminescence (PL) and lifetime decay behaviors of 1, 3 and 4 in solid state have been performed at room temperature. The PL emission of 1, 3 and 4 is mainly derived from the characteristic D→F (J = 1, 2, 3, 4), D→F (J = 6, 5, 4, 3) and F→H (J = 15/2, 13/2, 11/2) transitions of the Eu, Tb and Dy cations, respectively.