title: Facile assembly of an unusual lead borate with different cluster building units via a hydrothermal process.
abstract: Pb(BO2)2·H2O as sources of B and Pb via a simple hydrothermal process provided the first binodal 5,9-connected lead borate, Pb6B4O11(OH)2 (1). Compound 1 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma. The crystal structure is composed of different cluster building units of B4O9 and Pb6O4. Compound 1 has an optical band gap of 3.24 eV.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang 321004, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Han-Rui
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Wen-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yan-E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ting-Ting
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Jia-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yun-Long
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Jian-Wen
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Cheng