Synthesis, crystal structure, characterization, effective photocurrent response and photodegradation of a silver(I) diphosphine 3D supramolecular structure

A new three-dimensional (3D) supramolecular compound, [Ag(dppe)(CF 3 COO)] n ( 1 ), was prepared by using Ag(I) as the silver source and dppe as the organic ligand through the self-assembly approach. The bridging dppe ligand makes compound 1 appear as a one-dimensional (1D) wavy chain consolidated by the intramolecular hydrogen bonds. Two adjacent 1D chains are expanded to a two-dimensional (2D) layer passing through the intermolecular C H···π interaction between the dppe ligands, and the 2D layers further weave into a 3D supramolecular structure via another intermolecular C H···π interactions between the dppe ligands. The precise structure of 1 was determined by single crystal X-ray diffractometer (SCXRD), and it was well-characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and differential thermogravimetry analysis (DTG), and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectrum. In addition, the photocurrent response, electrochemistry characteristic and photodegradation of 1 were investigated. The degradation efficiency (82 %) of 1 as catalyst to degrade methylene blue (MB) was significantly higher than that without catalyst.