Eight members of the Ag/1,2,4-triazole/polyoxometalates (POMs) hybrid supramolecular family, namely, [Ag
4(dmtrz)
4][Mo
8O
26] (dmtrz = 3,5-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazole,
1), [Ag
6(3atrz)
6][PMo
12O
40]
2·H
2O (3atrz = 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole,
2),[Ag
2(3atrz)
2]
2[HPMo
VI10Mo
V2O
40] (
3), [Ag
2(dmtrz)
2]
2[HPMo
VI10Mo
V2O
40] (
4), [Ag
2(trz)
2]
2[Mo
8O
26] (trz = 1,2,4-triazole,
5), [Ag
2(3atrz)
2][Ag
2(3atrz)
2(Mo
8O
26)] (
6), [Ag
4(4atrz)
2Cl][Ag(Mo
8O
26)] (4atrz = 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole,
7), and [Ag
5(trz)
4]
2[Ag
2(Mo
8O
26)]·4H
2O (
8), were synthesized through hydrothermal reactions of 1,2,4-triazole or its derivativeswith appropriate silver salts and molybdates. Crystal structure analysis reveals that the POM-dependent Ag-1,2,4-triazolate units in these hybrid compounds form a novel tetranuclear cluster (
1), a unique double calix[3]arene-shaped hexamer (
2), zigzag chains (
5 and
6), helix chains (
3,
4, and
8), and an interesting looped chain (
7). Aseries of hydrogen bonding-based supramolecular assemblies varying among the 0-D + 0-D (
1 and
2), 0-D + 1-D(
3 and
4), 1-D + 1-D (
5 and
7), and 1-D + 2-D (
6) modes between the organomatic cations and POM anions wereobserved in these structures. Moreover, the inorganic chain [Ag(Mo
8O
26)]
n3n- in
7 constructed by the building block[Mo
8O
26]
4- linked only via single Ag
+ ion is unprecedented. Compound
8 is the first high-dimensional frameworkconstructed from the [Ag
2(Mo
8O
26)]
n2n- rod-shaped subunits. These hybrid supramolecular compounds presentinteresting photochemical properties. The spectroscopic experiments show that they not only are potentialsemiconductor materials but also have interesting photoluminescence phenomena, including O
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Mo [LMCT] andintraligand [
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