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Wang H, Su GM, Barnett BR, Drisdell WS, Long JR, Prendergast D. Understanding 2p core-level excitons of late transition metals by analysis of mixed-valence copper in a metal-organic framework. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:11980-11987. [PMID: 38573245 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00662c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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The L2,3-edge X-ray absorption spectra of late transition metals such as Cu, Ag, and Au exhibit absorption onsets lower in energy for higher oxidation states, which is at odds with the measured spectra of earlier transition metals. Time-dependent density functional theory calculations for Cu2+/Cu+ reveal a larger 2p core-exciton binding energy for Cu2+, overshadowing shifts in single-particle excitation energies with respect to Cu+. We explore this phenomenon in a Cu+ metal-organic framework with ∼12% Cu2+ defects and find that corrections with self-consistent excited-state total energy differences provide accurate XAS peak alignment.
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- Han Wang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.
- Center for Transformative Science, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Kumar A, Sayyed MI, Punina D, Naranjo E, Jácome E, Abdulameer MK, Albazoni HJ, Shariatinia Z. Graphene quantum dots (GQD) and edge-functionalized GQDs as hole transport materials in perovskite solar cells for producing renewable energy: a DFT and TD-DFT study. RSC Adv 2023; 13:29163-29173. [PMID: 37800128 PMCID: PMC10549873 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra05438a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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This study investigated the potential suitability of graphene quantum dots (GQD) and certain edge-functionalized GQDs (GQD-3Xs) as hole transport materials (HTMs) in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The criteria for appropriate HTMs were evaluated, including solubility, hole mobility, light harvesting efficiency (LHE), exciton binding energy (Eb), hole reorganization energy (λh), hole mobility, and HTM performance. It was found that several of the compounds had higher hole mobility than Spiro-OMeTAD, a commonly used HTM in PSCs. The open circuit voltage and fill factor of the suitable GQD and GQD-3Xs were found to be within appropriate ranges for HTM performance in MAPbI3 PSCs. GQD-COOH and GQD-COOCH3 were identified as the most suitable HTMs due to their high solubility, small λh, and appropriate performance.
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- Anjan Kumar
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, GLA University Mathura-281406 India
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University Amman 11622 Jordan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU) PO Box 1982 Dammam 31441 Saudi Arabia
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Carrera Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo (UTEQ) Quevedo Ecuador
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- Facultad Mecánica, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH) Riobamba 060155 Ecuador
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- Facultad de Mecánica, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH) Riobamba 060155 Ecuador
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- Department of Chemistry, Tehran Polytechnic, Amirkabir University of Technology P.O. Box: 15875-4413 Tehran Iran
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Pintea M, Mason N, Peiró-Franch A, Clark E, Samanta K, Glessi C, Schmidtke IL, Luxford T. Dissociative electron attachment to gold(I)-based compounds: 4,5-dichloro-1,3-diethyl-imidazolylidene trifluoromethyl gold(I). Front Chem 2023; 11:1028008. [PMID: 37405247 PMCID: PMC10315492 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1028008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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With the use of proton-NMR and powder XRD (XRPD) studies, the suitability of specific Au-focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) precursors has been investigated with low electron energy, structure, excited states and resonances, structural crystal modifications, flexibility, and vaporization level. 4,5-Dichloro-1,3-diethyl-imidazolylidene trifluoromethyl gold(I) is a compound that is a uniquely designed precursor to meet the needs of focused electron beam-induced deposition at the nanostructure level, which proves its capability in creating high purity structures, and its growing importance in other AuImx and AuClnB (where x and n are the number of radicals, B = CH, CH3, or Br) compounds in the radiation cancer therapy increases the efforts to design more suitable bonds in processes of SEM (scanning electron microscopy) deposition and in gas-phase studies. The investigation performed of its powder shape using the XRPD XPERT3 panalytical diffractometer based on CoKα lines shows changes to its structure with change in temperature, level of vacuum, and light; the sensitivity of this compound makes it highly interesting in particular to the radiation research. Used in FEBID, though its smaller number of C, H, and O atoms has lower levels of C contamination in the structures and on the surface, it replaces these bonds with C-Cl and C-N bonds that have lower bond-breaking energy. However, it still needs an extra purification step in the deposition process, either H2O, O2, or H jets.
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- Maria Pintea
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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Xiang Y, Xu C, Zheng S. Increasing Charge Carrier Mobility through Modifications of Terminal Groups of Y6: A Theoretical Study. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:8610. [PMID: 37239952 PMCID: PMC10218651 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The applications of non-fullerene acceptor Y6 with a new type of A1-DA2D-A1 framework and its derivatives have increased the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic solar cells (OSCs) up to 19%. Researchers have made various modifications of the donor unit, central/terminal acceptor unit, and side alkyl chains of Y6 to study the influences on the photovoltaic properties of OSCs based on them. However, up to now, the effect of changes of terminal acceptor parts of Y6 on the photovoltaic properties is not very clear. In the present work, we have designed four new acceptors-Y6-NO2, Y6-IN, Y6-ERHD, and Y6-CAO-with different terminal groups, which possess diverse electron-withdrawing ability. Computed results show that with the enhanced electron-withdrawing ability of the terminal group, the fundamental gaps become lower; thus, the wavelengths of the main absorption peaks of UV-Vis spectra red-shifts and total oscillator strength increase. Simultaneously, the electron mobility of Y6-NO2, Y6-IN, and Y6-CAO is about six, four, and four times faster than that of Y6, respectively. Overall, Y6-NO2 could be a potential NFA because of its longer intramolecular charge-transfer distance, stronger dipole moment, higher averaged ESP, enhanced spectrum, and faster electron mobility. This work provides a guideline for the future research on modification of Y6.
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- Yunjie Xiang
- School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Effects of Ge, Si, and B doping on the adsorption and detection properties of C 60 fullerene towards methadone in gas and aqua phases: a DFT study. J Mol Model 2023; 29:71. [PMID: 36808316 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05470-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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CONTEXT Methadone can be abused and caused addictive and has various side effects. Therefore, the development of a fast and reliable diagnosis technique for its monitoring is essential. In this work, applications of C60, GeC59, SiC59, and BC59 fullerenes were investigated utilizing density functional theory (DFT) to find a suitable probe for methadone detection. The C60 fullerene indicated weak adsorption energy for methadone sensing. Therefore, for the construction of the fullerene with good property for methadone adsorption and sensing, the GeC59, SiC59, and BC59 fullerenes have been studied. The adsorption energy of GeC59, SiC59, and BC59 in the most stable complexes were calculated at -2.08, -1.26, and -0.71 eV, respectively. Although GeC59, SiC59, and BC59 all showed strong adsorption, only BC59 present a high sensitivity for detection. Further, the BC59 fullerene showing a proper short recovery time (about 1.11 × 10-6 s for methadone desorption). Water as a solution is used to simulate the behavior of fullerenes in the body fluids, and results indicated that the selected pure and complex nanostructures are stable in water. The UV-vis spectrums indicated that the after adsorption of methadone on the BC59 exhibits shift toward the lower wavelengths (blue shift). Therefore, our investigation indicated that the BC59 fullerene is an excellent candidate for methadone detection. METHODS The interaction of methadone with pristine and doped C60 fullerenes surfaces was calculated using the density functional theory calculations. The GAMESS program and M06-2X method with a 6-31G(d) basis set were used for computations. Since the M06-2X method overestimates the LUMO-HOMO energy gaps (Eg) of carbon nanostructures, the HOMO and LUMO energies and Eg were investigated at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory using the optimization calculations. UV-vis spectra of excited species were obtained through the time-dependent density functional theory. To simulate the human biological fluid, the solvent phase was also evaluated in adsorption studies, and water was considered a liquid solvent.
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Yang RX, McCandler CA, Andriuc O, Siron M, Woods-Robinson R, Horton MK, Persson KA. Big Data in a Nano World: A Review on Computational, Data-Driven Design of Nanomaterials Structures, Properties, and Synthesis. ACS NANO 2022; 16:19873-19891. [PMID: 36378904 PMCID: PMC9798871 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The recent rise of computational, data-driven research has significant potential to accelerate materials discovery. Automated workflows and materials databases are being rapidly developed, contributing to high-throughput data of bulk materials that are growing in quantity and complexity, allowing for correlation between structural-chemical features and functional properties. In contrast, computational data-driven approaches are still relatively rare for nanomaterials discovery due to the rapid scaling of computational cost for finite systems. However, the distinct behaviors at the nanoscale as compared to the parent bulk materials and the vast tunability space with respect to dimensionality and morphology motivate the development of data sets for nanometric materials. In this review, we discuss the recent progress in data-driven research in two aspects: functional materials design and guided synthesis, including commonly used metrics and approaches for designing materials properties and predicting synthesis routes. More importantly, we discuss the distinct behaviors of materials as a result of nanosizing and the implications for data-driven research. Finally, we share our perspectives on future directions for extending the current data-driven research into the nano realm.
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- Ruo Xi Yang
- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California94720, United States
- Liquid
Sunlight Alliance and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, California94720, United States
- Molecular
Foundry, Energy Sciences Area, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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Ye W, Hao J, Gao C, Zhang J, Zhang J, Liao R. Micro-physical parameter dynamic evolution behaviour of a natural ester molecular chain under a changing electric field and its correlation mechanism with lightning impulse discharge: theoretical analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:23427-23436. [PMID: 36128950 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03192b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The lightning impulse breakdown properties of natural esters are very important for their further applications. This paper focuses on the discharge mechanism investigation of a natural ester insulating liquid under a lightning impulse electric field. Based on density functional theory (DFT), the configuration, electron structure, ionization and electron affinity process, excitation process and molecular orbital of natural ester molecules were calculated under different electric field strengths. A correlation mechanism between the micro-physical parameters of ester insulating liquid molecules and discharge was proposed. The molecular electrostatic potential was used to predict the active point of discharge. The results show that the molecular structure of triglycerides shows yield behaviour under electric field action. The electrons are redistributed in the direction of the source of the electric field. Among the four triglycerides, the ionization and electron affinity process, excitation process and molecular orbital of glycerol tripalmitate were least affected by the electric field. The microscopic properties of other triglycerides were significantly affected by the electric field. According to the electrostatic potential (ESP) result of natural ester molecules, it can be predicted in the experiment that the surface of H atoms of the triglyceride ester group easily forms electron traps to bind electrons, while the surface of an O atom at the ester of a triglyceride undergoes electron collisions resulting in an electrical discharge. The proportion of palmitic acid in natural esters could be increased or pure glycerol tripalmitate could be used as an insulating oil to solve the problem of the low lightning impulse breakdown voltage of natural esters.
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- Wenyu Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing City, 400044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing City, 400044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing City, 400044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing City, 400044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing City, 400044, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing City, 400044, China.
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Xiang Y, Zhang J, Zheng S. Designing Potential Donor Materials Based on DRCN5T with Halogen Substitutions: A DFT/TDDFT Study. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222413498. [PMID: 34948295 PMCID: PMC8704226 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Experimental researchers have found that the organic solar cell (OSC) based on DRCN5T (an oligothiophene) possesses excellent power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 10.1%. However, to date, there have been few studies about halogenation of DRCN5T, and its effects on photovoltaic properties of halogenated DRCN5T are still not clear. In the present work, we first perform benchmark calculations and effectively reproduce experimental results. Then, eight halogenated DRCN5T molecules are designed and investigated theoretically by using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT. The dipole moments, frontier molecular orbital energies, absorption spectra, exciton binding energy (Eb), singlet–triplet energy gap (ΔEST), and electrostatic potential (ESP) of these molecules, and the estimated open circuit voltages (VOCs) of the OSCs with PC71BM as acceptor are presented. We find that (1) generally, halogen substitutions would increase VOC; (2) Eb rises with more fluorine substitutions, but for Cl and Br substitutions, Eb increases firstly and then drops; (3) ΔEST keeps increasing with more halogen substitutions; (4) except for Br substitutions, the averaged ESP arises along with more halogen substitutions; (5) the absorption strength of UV–Vis spectra of DRCN5T2F, DRCN5T4F, DRCN5T6F, and DRCN5T2Cl in the visible region is enhanced with respect to DRCN5T. Based on these results, overall, DRCN5T2Cl, DRCN5T4F, and DRCN5T6F may be promising donors.
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- Yunjie Xiang
- School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Correspondence: (Y.X.); (S.Z.)
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- School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
- Correspondence: (Y.X.); (S.Z.)
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Effects of B and N doping/codoping on the adsorption behavior of C60 fullerene towards aspirin: A DFT investigation. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Yao C, Yang Y, Li L, Bo M, Peng C, Huang Z, Wang J. Replacing the cyano (-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N) group to design environmentally friendly fused-ring electron acceptors. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18085-18092. [PMID: 34397073 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02566j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The cyano-group (-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N) is an electron-withdrawing group, which has been widely used to construct high-performance fused-ring electron acceptors (FREAs). Benefiting from these FREAs, the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells has recently exceeded 18%. However, malononitrile is a highly toxic substance used to introduce -C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N during the synthesis of these FREAs. Therefore, the synthesis processes of most high-performance FREAs are typically harmful to the environment. Our previous work demonstrated that the electron-withdrawing ability of -C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N is necessary for FREAs. Thus, the use of other electron-withdrawing groups instead of -C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N to design environmentally friendly FREAs is feasible. We utilized seven electron-withdrawing groups, namely, -C[double bond, length as m-dash]NH, -N[double bond, length as m-dash]O, -CH[double bond, length as m-dash]O, -CO-CH3, -CO-OH, -CO-Cl, and -CO-Br, to replace -C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N in the commonly used acceptor Y6 to design new FREAs (Y6-CNH, Y6-NO, Y6-CHO, Y6-COCH3, Y6-COOH, Y6-COCl, and Y6-COBr). Multi-scale theoretical calculation methods were used to investigate the photoelectronic properties of these new FREAs, including energy level, absorption spectrum, exciton binding energy, and electron mobility. The results showed that Y6-CNH, Y6-COCH3 and Y6-COOH are unsuitable for use as acceptor materials because of their high frontier molecular orbital energy level and weak electron affinity. The strong absorption intensity and weak exciton binding energy of Y6-CHO, Y6-COCl, and Y6-COBr indicated that they can absorb more solar energy than Y6 and excitons are easier to separate into free charges. The electron mobility of Y6-CHO (3.53 × 10-4 cm2 V-1 s-1) was found to be approximately 28 times that of Y6-COCl (1.24 × 10-5 cm2 V-1 s-1) and Y6-COBr (1.28 × 10-5 cm2 V-1 s-1). The possible synthetic routes to Y6-CHO are environmentally friendly. Therefore, -CH[double bond, length as m-dash]O is the most suitable electron-withdrawing group for constructing high-performance environmentally friendly FREAs. This work can provide a new molecular design perspective in experimental science for developing high-performance environmentally friendly FREAs.
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- Chuang Yao
- Key Laboratory of Extraordinary Bond Engineering and Advance Materials Technology (EBEAM) of Chongqing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, P. R. China.
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Schieschke N, Bold BM, Dohmen PM, Wehl D, Hoffmann M, Dreuw A, Elstner M, Höfener S. Geometry dependence of excitonic couplings and the consequences for configuration-space sampling. J Comput Chem 2021; 42:1402-1418. [PMID: 33993548 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Excitonic coupling plays a key role for the understanding of excitonic energy transport (EET) in, for example, organic photovoltaics. However, the calculation of realistic systems is often beyond the applicability range of accurate wavefunction methods so that lower-scaling semi-empirical methods are used to model EET events. In the present work, the distance and angle dependence of excitonic couplings of dimers of selected organic molecules are evaluated for the semi-empirical long-range corrected density functional based tight binding (LC-DFTB) method and spin opposite scaled second order approximate coupled cluster singles and doubles (SOS-CC2). While semi-empirically scaled methods can lead to slightly increased deviations for excitation energies, the excitonic couplings and their dependence on the dimer geometry are reproduced. LC-DFTB yields a similar accuracy range as density-functional theory (DFT) employing the ωB97X functional while the computation time is reduced by several orders of magnitude. The dependence of the exchange contributions to the excitonic couplings on the dimer geometry is analyzed assessing the calculation of Coulombic excitonic couplings from monomer local excited states only, which reduces the computational effort significantly. The present work is a necessary first step toward the simulation of excitonic energy transport using semi-empirical methods.
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- Nils Schieschke
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.,Institute of Biological Interfaces (IGB2), Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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Gao C, Yang X, Jiang M, Chen L, Chen Z, Singh CV. Synergistic vacancy defects and mechanical strain for the modulation of the mechanical, electronic and optical properties of monolayer tungsten disulfide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:6298-6308. [PMID: 33688866 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06336c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are the potential candidate materials in nanoelectronic and optoelectronic applications due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Although both defect and strain greatly alter the structural, physical and chemical properties of monolayer TMDs, the defective monolayer TMDs under applied strain have not been adequately studied. In this paper, the synergistic effects of sulfur vacancy defects and mechanical strain on the mechanical, electronic and optical properties of monolayer tungsten disulfide (WS2) have been systematically studied using first principles density functional theory. The results indicate that the sulfur vacancy formation energy increases linearly with increasing sulfur vacancy concentration under different strains. The strain energy and stress of monolayer WS2 with different sulfur vacancy concentrations increase with increasing applied strain in the strain range of -10% to 10%. The band gap of monolayer WS2 decreases with increasing sulfur vacancy concentration under different strains. Moreover, compared with unstrained conditions, 5% compressive strain increases the band gap at a larger vacancy concentration and the case is just opposite at a smaller vacancy concentration, while 5% tensile strain decreases the band gap. The band gap of monolayer WS2 with different sulfur vacancy concentrations firstly increases and then shrinks with increasing applied strain under compressive strain, whereas it decreases monotonically under tensile strain in the strain range of -10% to 10%. In the visible-light wavelength region, the out-of-plane absorption coefficient under different strains increases with increasing sulfur vacancy concentration. Furthermore, 5% compressive strain enhances the absorption coefficient and 5% tensile strain decreases the absorption coefficient. Hence, the synergistic effects of sulfur vacancy defects and mechanical strain in monolayer TMDs can open new avenues for their applications in nanoelectronic and optoelectronic devices.
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- Chan Gao
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E4, Canada. and Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
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- Condensed Matter Theory Group, Materials Theory Division, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala 75120, Sweden
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E4, Canada.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E4, Canada.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E4, Canada.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E4, Canada. and Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G8, Canada
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Zhu L, Tu Z, Yi Y, Wei Z. Achieving Small Exciton Binding Energies in Small Molecule Acceptors for Organic Solar Cells: Effect of Molecular Packing. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:4888-4894. [PMID: 31402673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Because of strong exciton binding energy (Eb), an exciton dissociation process and extra energy losses are present in organic solar cells relative to inorganic and perovskite solar cells. Here, we calculated the Eb of a series of small molecule acceptors in solid crystals by a self-consistent quantum mechanics/embedded charge approach. The results show that the Eb values are substantially reduced from the gas phase to solid state because of electronic polarization (mainly from the induction effect of charges). Moreover, in contrast to little changes in the gas phase, the Eb in the solid state can vary significantly, indicating an important molecular packing effect. Remarkably, an extremely weak Eb of 0.04 eV is achieved in a three-dimensional packing crystal, which is comparable to the Eb of organo-lead trihalide perovskites. This work underlines the importance of three-dimensional molecular packing for achieving small Eb and will be helpful in reducing energy losses in organic solar cells.
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- Lingyun Zhu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
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Vikramaditya T, Lin S. Limitations of Global Hybrids in Predicting the Geometries and Torsional Energy Barriers of Dimeric Systems and the Role of Hartree Fock and DFT Exchange. J Comput Chem 2019; 40:2810-2818. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Talapunur Vikramaditya
- Computational Molecular Engineering Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Computational Molecular Engineering Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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Li G, Zheng S. Exploring the effects of axial halogen substitutions of boron subphthalocyanines on the performance of BsubPC/C60 organic solar cells: a DFT/TDDFT-based computational study. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj02180a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A systematic study on the effects of axial halogen substitutions of Cl atom on the optical and physical properties of subphthalocyanine/C60 solar cells by combining a DFT/TDDFT study and available experimental data.
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- Guo Li
- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies
- School of Materials and Energy
- Southwest University
- Chongqing
- China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Energies
- School of Materials and Energy
- Southwest University
- Chongqing
- China
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Vikramaditya T, Chai JD, Lin ST. Impact of non-empirically tuning the range-separation parameter of long-range corrected hybrid functionals on ionization potentials, electron affinities, and fundamental gaps. J Comput Chem 2018; 39:2378-2384. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Talapunur Vikramaditya
- Department of Chemical Engineering; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Department of Physics; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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Hashemi Z, Rafiezadeh S, Hafizi R, Hashemifar SJ, Akbarzadeh H. First-principles study of MoS2 and MoSe2 nanoclusters in the framework of evolutionary algorithm and density functional theory. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Theoretical investigation of the use of nanocages with an adsorbed halogen atom as anode materials in metal-ion batteries. J Mol Model 2018; 24:64. [PMID: 29468439 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-018-3604-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The applicability of C44, B22N22, Ge44, and Al22P22 nanocages, as well as variants of those nanocages with an adsorbed halogen atom, as high-performance anode materials in Li-ion, Na-ion, and K-ion batteries was investigated theoretically via density functional theory. The results obtained indicate that, among the nanocages with no adsorbed halogen atom, Al22P22 would be the best candidate for a novel anode material for use in metal-ion batteries. Calculations also suggest that K-ion batteries which utilize these nanocages as anode materials would give better performance and would yield higher cell voltages than the corresponding Li-ion and Na-ion batteries with nanocage-based anodes. Also, the results for the nanocages with an adsorbed halogen atom imply that employing them as anode materials would lead to higher cell voltages and better metal-ion battery performance than if the nanocages with no adsorbed halogen atom were to be used as anode materials instead. Results further implied that nanocages with an adsorbed F atom would give higher cell voltages and better battery performance than nanocages with an adsorbed Cl or Br atom. We were ultimately able to conclude that a K-ion battery that utilized Al21P22 with an adsorbed F atom as its anode material would afford the best metal-ion battery performance; we therefore propose this as a novel highly efficient metal-ion battery. Graphical abstract The results of a theoretical investigation indicated that Al22P22 is a better candidate for a high-performance anode material in metal-ion batteries than Ge44 is. Calculations also showed that K-ion batteries with nanocage-based anodes would produce higher cell voltages and perform better than the equivalent Li-ion and Na-ion batteries with nanocage-based anodes, and that anodes based on nanocages with an adsorbed F atom would perform better than anodes based on nanocages with an adsorbed Cl or Br atom.
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Benatto L, Marchiori CFN, da Luz MGE, Koehler M. Electronic and structural properties of fluorene–thiophene copolymers as function of the composition ratio between the moieties: a theoretical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:20447-20458. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02622j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Through theoretical analysis, we study relevant properties of some molecular structures formed by oligothiophenes (T) and dioctylfluorenes (F) units, like the exciton binding energy (Eb) and dipole moment, important for the efficiency of different kinds of optical and electronic devices.
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- L. Benatto
- Departamento de Física
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- Curitiba
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Física
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- Curitiba
- Brazil
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
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- Departamento de Física
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- Curitiba
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Física
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
- Curitiba
- Brazil
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Zanatta G, da Silva MB, A. da Silva JJ, dos Santos RCR, Sales FAM, Gottfried C, S. Caetano EW, Freire VN. First-generation antipsychotic haloperidol: optical absorption measurement and structural, electronic, and optical properties of its anhydrous monoclinic crystal by first-principle approaches. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj01548a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Application of the Density Functional Theory for the structural, electronic and optical properties of haloperidol crystal.
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- Geancarlo Zanatta
- Department of Physics at Federal University of Ceará
- 60455-760 Fortaleza
- Brazil
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry at Federal University of Ceará
- 60440-554 Fortaleza
- Brazil
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- Department of Physics at Federal University of Ceará
- 60455-760 Fortaleza
- Brazil
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Wang Q, Li Y, Song P, Su R, Ma F, Yang Y. Non-Fullerene Acceptor-Based Solar Cells: From Structural Design to Interface Charge Separation and Charge Transport. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:E692. [PMID: 30965992 PMCID: PMC6418710 DOI: 10.3390/polym9120692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 11/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The development of non-fullerene small molecule as electron acceptors is critical for overcoming the shortcomings of fullerene and its derivatives (such as limited absorption of light, poor morphological stability and high cost). We investigated the electronic and optical properties of the two selected promising non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs), IDIC and IDTBR, and five conjugated donor polymers using quantum-chemical method (QM). Based on the optimized structures of the studied NFAs and the polymers, the ten donor/acceptor (D/A) interfaces were constructed and investigated using QM and Marcus semi-classical model. Firstly, for the two NFAs, IDTBR displays better electron transport capability, better optical absorption ability, and much greater electron mobility than IDIC. Secondly, the configurations of D/A yield the more bathochromic-shifted and broader sunlight absorption spectra than the single moiety. Surprisingly, although IDTBR has better optical properties than IDIC, the IDIC-based interfaces possess better electron injection abilities, optical absorption properties, smaller exciton binding energies and more effective electronic separation than the IDTBR-based interfaces. Finally, all the polymer/IDIC interfaces exhibit large charge separation rate (KCS) (up to 1012⁻1014 s-1) and low charge recombination rate (KCR) (<10⁶ s-1), which are more likely to result in high power conversion efficiencies (PCEs). From above analysis, it was found that the polymer/IDIC interfaces should display better performance in the utility of bulk-heterojunction solar cells (BHJ OSC) than polymer/IDTBR interfaces.
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- Qungui Wang
- College of Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- College of Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Department of Physics, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China.
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- College of Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China.
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- Department of Physics, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China.
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
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Vikramaditya T, Lin ST. Assessing the role of Hartree-Fock exchange, correlation energy and long range corrections in evaluating ionization potential, and electron affinity in density functional theory. J Comput Chem 2017; 38:1844-1852. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Revised: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Talapunur Vikramaditya
- Computational Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering; National Taiwan University; Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Computational Molecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering; National Taiwan University; Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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Chai JD. Role of exact exchange in thermally-assisted-occupation density functional theory: A proposal of new hybrid schemes. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:044102. [PMID: 28147520 DOI: 10.1063/1.4974163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We propose hybrid schemes incorporating exact exchange into thermally assisted-occupation-density functional theory (TAO-DFT) [J.-D. Chai, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 154104 (2012)] for an improved description of nonlocal exchange effects. With a few simple modifications, global and range-separated hybrid functionals in Kohn-Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT) can be combined seamlessly with TAO-DFT. In comparison with global hybrid functionals in KS-DFT, the resulting global hybrid functionals in TAO-DFT yield promising performance for systems with strong static correlation effects (e.g., the dissociation of H2 and N2, twisted ethylene, and electronic properties of linear acenes), while maintaining similar performance for systems without strong static correlation effects. Besides, a reasonably accurate description of noncovalent interactions can be efficiently achieved through the inclusion of dispersion corrections in hybrid TAO-DFT. Relative to semilocal density functionals in TAO-DFT, global hybrid functionals in TAO-DFT are generally superior in performance for a wide range of applications, such as thermochemistry, kinetics, reaction energies, and optimized geometries.
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- Jeng-Da Chai
- Department of Physics, Center for Theoretical Sciences, and Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Wang CW, Hui K, Chai JD. Short- and long-range corrected hybrid density functionals with the D3 dispersion corrections. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:204101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4967814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Chih-Wei Wang
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Center for Theoretical Sciences and Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Orbital order switching in molecular calculations using GGA functionals: Qualitative errors in materials modeling for electrochemical power sources and how to fix them. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Aicha YA, Bouzzine SM, Zair T, Bouachrine M, Hamidi M, Fahim ZM, Morán GS, Mendoza-Huizar L, Alvarado-Soto L, Ramirez-Tagle R. DFT study of opto-electronic properties of benzothiazole derivatives for use in solar cells. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633616500231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A variety of organic donor–acceptor–donor materials based on thienylbenzothiadiazole (BTD[Formula: see text]–5) combined with different [Formula: see text]-conjugated systems are studied by density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) for the ground- and excited-state properties, respectively, using B3LYP and the 6-31G(d, p) basis set. The effect of different electron-donor groups on the structural, electronic and optoelectronic properties is studied. To provide for the bandgap and to guide the synthesis of novel low bandgap materials, we applied quantum chemistry techniques to calculate the difference in the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest occupied molecular orbital LUMO energies. However, we have studied the effect of the reduction and oxidation properties on the electronic excitation transitions for all compounds. The emission energies have been obtained from TD-DFT calculations performed on the excited-state optimized S1 geometries. The theoretical results suggest that both the introduction of electron-donor groups and the doping process contribute significantly to the electronic and optoelectronic properties of the alternating donor–acceptor–donor conjugated systems studied.
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- Youssef Ait Aicha
- Equipe de Chimie des Molécules Bioactives et de l’Envirennement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Moulay Ismail, BP 11201 Zitoune, Meknès, Morocco
- Equipe d’Electrochimie et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Moulay Ismaïl, B. P. 509 Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco
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- Equipe d’Electrochimie et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Moulay Ismaïl, B. P. 509 Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco
- Centre Régional des Métiers d’Education et de Formation, BP 8, Errachida, Morocco
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- Equipe de Chimie des Molécules Bioactives et de l’Envirennement, Faculté des Sciences, Université Moulay Ismail, BP 11201 Zitoune, Meknès, Morocco
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- Equipe d’Electrochimie et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Moulay Ismaïl, B. P. 509 Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco
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- Equipe d’Electrochimie et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Moulay Ismaïl, B. P. 509 Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Sede Concepción, Chile
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- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Academic Area of Chemistry, Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo Km. 4.5 Mineral de la Reforma, Hgo, México
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- Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Laboratorio de Bionanotecnologia, General Gana 1780, Santiago, Chile
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- Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Laboratorio de Bionanotecnologia, General Gana 1780, Santiago, Chile
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Tsuneda T, Singh RK, Nakata A. Relationship between orbital energy gaps and excitation energies for long-chain systems. J Comput Chem 2016; 37:1451-62. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Takao Tsuneda
- Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center; University of Yamanashi; Kofu 400-0021 Japan
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- Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center; University of Yamanashi; Kofu 400-0021 Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); Tsukuba 305-0044 Japan
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Chen YT, Hui K, Chai JD. The van der Waals interactions in rare-gas dimers: the role of interparticle interactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:3011-22. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06317e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We investigate the potential energy curves of rare-gas dimers with various ranges and strengths of interparticle interactions (nuclear–electron, electron–electron, and nuclear–nuclear interactions).
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- Yu-Ting Chen
- Department of Physics
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Department of Physics
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Department of Physics
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
- Center for Theoretical Sciences and Center for Quantum Science and Engineering
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Yeh CN, Lee PY, Chai JD. Electronic and Optical Properties of the Narrowest Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons Studied by Density Functional Methods. Aust J Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/ch16187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the present study, a series of planar poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) oligomers with n phenyl rings (n = 1–20), designated as n-PP, are taken as finite-size models of the narrowest armchair graphene nanoribbons with hydrogen passivation. The singlet-triplet energy gap, vertical ionization potential, vertical electron affinity, fundamental gap, optical gap, and exciton binding energy of n-PP are calculated using Kohn-Sham density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory with various exchange-correlation density functionals. The ground state of n-PP is shown to be singlet for all the chain lengths studied. In contrast to the lowest singlet state (i.e., the ground state) of n-PP, the lowest triplet state of n-PP and the ground states of the cation and anion of n-PP are found to exhibit some multi-reference character. Overall, the electronic and optical properties of n-PP obtained from the ωB97 and ωB97X functionals are in excellent agreement with the available experimental data.
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Sun HL, Peng WT, Chai JD. Assessment of the LFAs-PBE exchange–correlation potential for high-order harmonic generation of aligned H2+ molecules. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra03713e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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We examine the performance of the LFAs-PBE exchange-correlation potential for the HHG spectra and related properties of H2+ molecules aligned parallel and perpendicular to the polarization of an intense linearly polarized laser pulse.
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- Hsiao-Ling Sun
- Department of Physics
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
- Physics Division
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- Department of Physics
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Department of Physics
- National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
- Physics Division
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