China 99.9% 99% Cesium Carbonate Caesium Carbonate CAS 534-17-8 CS2co3

Cesium carbonate [534-17-8]

IdentificationName Cesium carbonateMolecular Structure
Molecular Formula Cs2CO3Molecular Weight 325.82CAS Registry Number 534-17-8EINECS 208-591-9

Properties Density 4.072Melting point 610 ºC (dec.)Water solubility 261 g/100 mL (20 ºC)

Cs2CO3min%

Impurities Max ppm

Li

K

Na

Ca

Mg

Fe

Al

Si

Rb

Pb

99.9

5

50

50

30

5

10

50

50

200

5

99.95

5

50

50

20

5

5

20

20

100

5

99.99

1

10

5

10

1

3

2

10

20

5

Caesium carbonate or cesium carbonate is a white crystalline solid compound. Caesium carbonate has a high solubility in polar solvents such as water, alcohol and DMF. Its solubility is higher in organic solvents compared to other carbonates like potassium and sodium carbonates, although it remains quite insoluble in other organic solvents such as toluene, p-xylene, and chlorobenzene. This compound is used in organic synthesis as a base. It also appears to have applications in energy conversion.
There is growing demand for cesium and its compounds for energy conversion devices such as magneto-hydrodynamic generators, thermionic emitters, and fuel cells.[2] Relatively effective polymer solar cells are built by thermal annealing of cesium carbonate. Cesium carbonate increases the energy effectiveness of the power conversion of solar cells and enhances the life times of the equipment.[7]The studies done on UPS and XPS reveal that the system will do less work due to the thermal annealing of the Cs2CO3 layer. Cesium carbonate breaks down into Cs2O and Cs2O2 by thermal evaporation. It was suggested that, when Cs2O combines with Cs2O2 they produce n-type dopes that supplies additional conducting electrons to the host devices. This produces a highly efficient inverted cell that can be used to further improve the efficiency of polymer solar cells or to design adequate multijunction photovoltaic cells.[8] The nanostructure layers of Cs2CO3 can be used as cathodes for organic electronic materials due to its capacity to increase the kinetic energy of the electrons. The nanostructure layers of caesium carbonate had been probed for various fields using different techniques. The fields include such as photovoltaic studies, current-voltage measurements, UV photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and impedance spectroscopy. The n-type semiconductorproduced by thermal evaporation of Cs2CO3 reacts intensively with metals like Al, and Ca in the cathode. This reaction will cut down the work the cathode metals.[9] Polymer solar cells based on solution process are under extensive studies due to their advantage in producing low cost solar cells. Lithium fluoride has been used to raise the power conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells. However, it requires high temperatures (> 500 degree), and high vacuum states raise the cost of production. The devices with Cs2CO3 layers have produced equivalent power conversion efficiency compared with the devices that use lithium fluoride.[7] Placing a Cs2CO3 layer in between the cathode and the light-emitting polymer improves the efficiency of the white OLED.