New layered perovskite family built from [CeTa2O7]- layers: coloring mechanism from unique multi-transitions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jul 31;56(61):8591-8594. doi: 10.1039/d0cc03466e.

Abstract

A Ce3+-based layered perovskite compound, Dion-Jacobson type RbCeTa2O7, has been discovered for the first time by introducing only a trivalent cerium ion to form [CeTa2O7]- layers. The unique green color was experimentally and theoretically ascribed to two charge transfer transitions of ligand-to-metal O2p → Ce4f and metal-to-metal Ce4f → Ta5d.