Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of Hierarchical Bis(<i>8-Hydroxyquinoline</i>) Nickel Flower-Like Structure

Abstract

Hierarchical bis(8-hydroxyquinoline) nickel(NiQ2) complex has been synthesized with a facile method in a mixed solvent system at 120 °C for 12 h. The molecular formula of the products is speculated by the C, H and N element analysis and thermal gravimetric analysis, and Fourier-transformation infrared spectroscopy was also utilized to measure its structure, which further confirm the molecular formula of the products. The observation of field emission scanning electron microscopy shows that the morphology of bis(8-hydroxyquinoline) nickel complex is flower-like structure. According to the result, it is found that the photoluminescence of bis(8-hydroxyquinoline) nickel complex is stronger than that of 8-hydroxyquinoline, which indicate that inorganic elements played key roles in their luminescence properties.

Preparation, Structure, Photoluminescent and Semiconductive Properties, and Theoretical Calculation of a Mononuclear Nickel Complex with 3-Hydroxy-2- Methylquinoline-4-Carboxylato Ligand

“…Many studies about the photoluminescence performance of lanthanide and transition compounds have been conducted so for. [28][29][30] The title compounds contain Ni 2+ ions; therefore, we deemed that nickel and HL complexes can possibly exhibit interesting photoluminescence performance. Based on the above considerations and in order to reveal its potential photoluminescent properties, we carried out the photoluminescence spectra with solid state samples at room temperature and the result is presented in Figs.…”