The increasing efficiency of the inorganic-organic hybrid halides has revolutionised photovoltaic research. Despite this rapid progress, the significant issues of poor stability and toxicity have yet to be suitably overcome. In this article, we use Density Functional Theory to examine (Pb2I6) · (H2DPNDI) · (H2O) · (NMP), an alternative lead-based hybrid inorganic-organic solar absorber based on...

In the title organic-inorganic hybrid salt, (C(11)H(20)N(9))[CdCl(5)]·H(2)O, the crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the organic cation, the complex inorganic anion and the uncoordinated water molecule, forming a three-dimensional network.

The asymmetric unit of the title inorganic-organic hybrid compound, (C10H16N2O)[CoCl4]·H2O, consists of a tetrahedral [CoCl4](2-) anion, together with a [C10H18N2O](2+) cation and a water mol-ecule. Crystal cohesion is achieved through N-H⋯Cl, O-H⋯Cl and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between organic cations, inorganic anions and the water mol-ecules, building up a three-dimensional network.

The covalent incorporation of inorganic building blocks into a polymer matrix to obtain stable and robust materials is a widely used concept in the field of organic-inorganic hybrid materials, and encompasses the use of different inorganic systems including (but not limited to) nanoparticles, mono- and polynuclear metal complexes and clusters, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS), polyo...

Organic-inorganic hybrid polyoxometalate (POM) compounds are a subset of materials with unique structures and physical/chemical properties. The combination of metal-organic coordination complexes with classical POMs not only provides a powerful way to gain multifarious new compounds but also affords a new method to modify and functionalize POMs. In parallel with the many reports on the synthesi...

This study reports on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) as templates for the preparation of 1D porous organic-inorganic hybrid composites. The in situ deposited SWCNT were sputter coated with Sn metal and thermally oxidized in air to form a SnO₂/SWCNT nanowire framework on SiO₂/Si substrate. Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) was coated onto this scaffold through UV light-induced radical polymerizat...

Hybrid (organic shell-inorganic core) nanoparticles have important applications in nanomedicine. Although the inorganic components of hybrid nanoparticles can be characterized readily using conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques, the structural and chemical arrangement of the organic molecular components remains largely unknown. Here, we apply TEM to the physico-chemical...

Historically, conventional solar cells were built from inorganic materials such as silicon. Although the efficiency of such conventional solar cells is high, very expensive materials and energy intensive processing techniques are required. Hybrid and photoelectrochemical (dye sensitized) solar cells have been the cheap alternatives for conventional silicon solar cells. A hybrid solar cell consi...

The structure of the title organic-inorganic hybrid compound, {(C(2)H(7)N(4)O)(2)[BiCl(5)]}(n), consists of corrugated chains parallel to [100] of corner-joined [BiCl(6)] octa-hedra, separated by layers of organic 1-carbamoylguanidinum cations. The crystal cohesion is achieved by N-H⋯O and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, which link the organic and inorganic parts of the structure.