Y8O(OH)15(CO3)3Cl: an excellent short-wave UV nonlinear optical material exhibiting an infrequent three-dimensional inorganic cationic framework

A novel compound with four mixed anions, Y8O(OH)(15)(CO3)(3)Cl, exhibiting an infrequent three-dimensional (3-D) inorganic cationic framework, has been successfully designed and synthesized by introducing -conjugated planar triangular CO3 groups and chloride anions into a rare earth oxide system, which exhibits good balance among its wide UV transmission range, large second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficient and suitable birefringence to meet the phase-matching condition, indicating that the titled compound is a promising short-wave UV nonlinear optical material.