Polygermyne: Germanium sheet polymers with efficient near-infrared luminescence

Günther Vogg, Martin S. Brandt, Lex J.P. Meyer, Martin Stutzmann, Zoltán Hajnal, Bernadett Szücs, Thomas Frauenheim

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Abstract

The structural, optical and electronic properties of the Ge sheet polymer poylgermyne are summarized. Prepared via topotactic transformation of Zintl-phase CaGe2, (GeH)n forms a layered crystal in a tr6 stacking sequence with a distance of 5.65 Å between adjacent layers. The photoluminescence at 1.3 eV is excited nearly resonantly with a Stokes shift of 0.2 eV. Together with band structure calculations this shows that polygermyne has a direct band gap.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)G3131-G3136
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume667
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

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