Abstract
Synchrotron powder diffraction data from methylammonium tin bromide, CH(3)NH(3)SnBr(3), taken as a function of temperature, reveal the existence of a phase between 230 and 188 K crystallizing in Pmc2(1), a = 5.8941 (2), b = 8.3862 (2), c = 8.2406 (2) A. Strong ferroelectric distortions of the octahedra, associated with stereochemical activity of the Sn 5s(2) lone pair, are evident. A group analysis and decomposition of the distortion modes of the inorganic framework with respect to the cubic parent is given. The primary order parameters driving this upper transition appear to be an in-phase tilt (rotation) of the octahedra coupled to a ferroelectric mode. The precise nature of the lower-temperature phase remains uncertain, although it appears likely to be triclinic. Density-functional theory calculations on such a triclinic cell suggest that directional bonding of the amine group to the halide cage is coupled to the stereochemical activity of the Sn lone pair via the Br atoms, i.e. that the bonding from the organic component may have a strong effect on the inorganic sublattice (principally via switching the direction of the lone pair with little to no energy cost).
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