Inorganic–organic hybrid compound with face-sharing iodoplumbate chains showing novel dielectric relaxation

•New one-dimensional iodoplumbate-based hybrid compound.•Inorganic iodoplumbate chain consists of PbI6 octahedra via sharing I–I–I triangular faces.•Dynamically dipole motion via polar group rotation.•Dielectric relaxation in low-frequency and high-temperature regime.

An inorganic–organic hybrid compound, [4′-methyl-1-aminopyridinium][PbI3] (1), has been synthesized and characterized structurally. The hybrid crystal crystallizes in space group P21/c, in which the Pb2 + ion, surrounded by six iodides, adopts the distorted octahedral coordination geometry; the neighboring PbI6 octahedra form the face-sharing PbI6 octahedral chain and the organic cations are aligned into stack along c-axis direction. Hybrid compound shows normal dielectric constant (ε′ < 20) below 130 °C in the frequency range of 1–107 Hz, but higher dielectric constant above 160 °C, especially, in the low-frequency regime. In addition, a novel dielectric relaxation process was observed in the frequency regime f < 106 Hz, which exhibits the characteristic activated or Arrhenius behavior, such a dielectric relaxation process ARISES from the dynamically dipole motion of the 4′-methyl-1-aminopyridinium cations under ac electrical field.

Graphical abstractAn inorganic–organic hybrid compound, [4′-methyl-1-aminopyridinium][PbI3], in which crystal is built from PbI6 octahedral chains and cation stacks, shows novel thermally assisted dielectric relaxation behavior.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide