Metal-Ion Type Effect on the Crystal Structure and Optical Properties of 2,2′-bipyridine Complexes of Pb(II) and Cd(II)

To investigate the effect of metal ion type on the crystal structure and optical and thermal behaviors of coordination compounds, two homometal and one heterometal 2,2′-bipyridine complexes of Pb(II) and Cd(II) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, PXRD, FT-IR and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystal structure analysis of heterometal coordination polymer, [Pb2Cd(2,2′-bipy)4(NO3)6]n, displays the attendance of a centrosymmetric 1D coordination polymer that crystallizes in the triclinic system with the space group of \({\text{p}}_{1}^{ - }\). Thermal behavior of prepared coordination compounds was examined under air atmosphere by thermogravimetric analysis. The study of optical properties of compounds showed that metal ion type of coordination compounds is influential on their photophysical properties. Moreover, heterometal coordination polymer was doped into a PVK:PBD blend in two different concentrations as a light emitting material in the fabrication of two organic light-emitting diodes.