A Team for the Development and Characterization of Next-Generation Hybrid Semiconductors.

This invited Team Profile was created by the Spanopoulos group, University of South Florida, Tampa (USA), the Guo group, Yale University, West Haven (USA), the Trikalitis group, University of Crete, Heraklion (Greece), the Zimbouche group, Lancaster University, Lancaster (UK), and the Reddy group, University of Lille, Lille (France). They recently published an article on the development of a new family of hybrid semiconductors, namely porous metal halide semiconductors (PMHS). The first member of this series was characterized by using a battery of techniques, shedding light on the corresponding structure-property relationships and its unparalleled water stability. This work provides a solution to address the stability deficiency of metal halide semiconductors and render them suitable for yet unexplored applications, such as solid-state batteries, photonic crystals, sensing and environmental remediation: "Porous and Water Stable 2D Hybrid Metal Halide with Broad Light Emission and Selective H O Vapor Sorption", A. Azmy, S. Li, G. K. Angeli, C. Welton, P. Raval, M. Li, N. Zibouche, L. Wojtas, G. N. M. Reddy, P. Guo, P. N. Trikalitis, I. Spanopoulos, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2023, 62, e202218429.