Crystalline
polyoxo-titanium clusters (PTCs), as a molecular model of TiO
2 nanomaterials, have attracted
unprecedented attention due to their designable structure, tunable band gap, catalysis, and
photochromic properties. A new trinuclear Ti
3-oxo cluster, [Ti
3(
μ2-O)(
μ3-O)(abz)
6(O
iPr)
2]·CH
3CN·H
2O (
Ti3), was synthesized by solvothermal method with a yield of 60% by
using 4-aminobenzoic acid as ligand. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction shows
that it has a [Ti
3(
μ2-O)(
μ3-O)(abz)
6(O
iPr)
2]
trinuclear cluster structure.
Ti3 crystallizes in monoclinic space group
P2
1/
c with
a =
11.091(1),
b = 22.837(2),
c = 22.754(1) Å,
β = 90.580(6)°,
V = 5763.0(6) Å
3,
Z = 4,
Dc = 1.345 g·cm
-3,
F(000) = 2412,
μ = 2.743 mm
−1,
R =
0.0796, and
wR = 0.2260 (
I > 2
σ(
I)).
Ti3 shows typical semiconductive behavior determined by
temperature-dependent conductivity
test. The chemiresistive humidity
sensor fabricated by
Ti3 showed good
performance, including high response (four orders of magnitude current change
from 0 to 100% RH) and fast response time (160 s) and recovery time (26 s).