Two triphenylmethylphosphonium/haloplumbate hybrids,
i.e., [(PPh
3Me)
2(Pb
2I
6)∙CH
3CN]
n (
1) and [(PPh
3Me)(PbBr
3)]
n (
2), have been prepared, in which the (PbX
3)
nn- nanochains built from face-sharing PbX
6 octahedra are surrounded by organic templates to assemble
the core-shell quantum well. Besides, C−H···
π interactions among Ph
3PMe
+ cations can also be detected, which give rise to the 2-
D organic layer of
1 and
1-
D chain for
2. The good water stabilities could be induced by
the strong C−H···
π interactions, which can deter the hydrolysis
reaction. The energy band gaps of this work mainly derive from
the charge transfer of organic components, but their luminescence stems from the inorganic (PbX
3)
nn- nanochains with co-existence of free excitons and self-trapped excitons.
At temperature lower than 117 K, strong quantum confinement will rule out the free
excitons, and self-trapped excitons will dominate, resulting in red-shift
luminescence. Moreover, effective and
repeatable photocurrent responses can be found in these hybrids.