scholarly journals Theoretical studies of optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties of D–A polymer monomers by Density Functional Theory (DFT)

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-237
Author(s):  
Numbury Surendra Babu ◽  
Said A.H. Vuai
2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Irfan ◽  
Ghulam Abbas

AbstractThe synthesis and characterisation of mononuclear Fe complexes were carried out by using bipyridine (Compound 1) at ambient conditions. Additionally, three more derivatives were designed by substituting the central Fe metal with Zn, Cr, and Ru (Compound 2, Compound 3, and Compound 4), respectively. The ground state geometry calculations were carried out by using density functional theory (DFT) at B3LYP/6-31G** (LANL2DZ) level of theory. We shed light on the frontier molecular orbitals, electronic properties, photovoltaic parameters, and structure–property relationship. The open-circuit voltage is a promising parameter that considerably affects the photovoltaic performance; thus, we have estimated its value by considering the complexes as donors whereas TiO2 and/or Si were used as acceptors. The solar cell performance behaviour was also studied by shedding light on the band alignment and energy level offset.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongpeng Zhao ◽  
Qiuchen Lu ◽  
Runzhou Su ◽  
Yuanzuo Li ◽  
Meiyu Zhao

The photovoltaic properties of two dyes (quercitin (Q) and rutin (R)) were experimentally investigated. The results showed that Q had excellent photoelectric properties with J s c of 5.480 mA·cm−2, V o c of 0.582 V, η of 2.151% larger than R with J s c of 1.826 mA·cm−2, V o c of 0.547 V, and η of 0.713%. For a better understanding of the photoelectric properties of two molecules and illustrating why the performances of Q is better than R from the micro-level, the UV-VIs spectrum, Fourier transforms infrared (FT-IR) spectrum, and cyclic voltage current characteristics were experimentally investigated. What is more, density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) have been implemented in theoretical calculation. Based on the calculated results, frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs), charge differential density (CDD), infrared vibration, first hyperpolarizability, projected density orbital analysis (PDOS), electrostatic potential (ESP), and natural bond orbital (NBO) were analyzed. Hole/electron reorganization energies ( λ h / λ e ), light harvesting efficiency (LHE), fluorescent lifetime (τ), absorption peak, and the vertical dipole moment ( μ n o r m a l ) were calculated, and the shift of conduction band edge of a semiconductor (ΔECB) has been analyzed, which has a close relationship with J s c and V o c . The results demonstrated that, due to the higher LHE, τ, μ n o r m a l , and red-shifted absorption peak, Q has better photoelectric properties than R as a promising sensitizer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1254-1264
Author(s):  
Shaya AL-RAQA ◽  
İpek ÖMEROĞLU ◽  
Doğan ERBAHAR ◽  
Mahmut DURMUŞ

Phenyl-4,4-di(3,6-dibutoxyphthalonitrile) (3) was synthesized by the reaction of 1,4-phenylenebisboronic acid (1) and 4-bromo-3,6-dibutoxyphthalonitrile (2), using Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. The newly synthesized compound (3) was characterized by FT-IR, MALDI-MS, ESI-MS, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and 13C-DEPT-135-NMR. The fluorescence property of phenyl-4,4-di(3,6- dibutoxyphthalonitrile) (3) towards various metal ions was investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy, and it was observed thatthe compound (3) displayed a significantly ‘turn-off’ response to Fe3+, which was referred to 1:2 complex formation between ligand (3) and Fe3+. The compound was also studied via density functional theory calculations revealing the interaction mechanism of the molecule with Fe3+ ions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Deng ◽  
Yingxin Sun ◽  
Yi Ren ◽  
Weihua Zhang

Density functional theory calculations were carried out to study the reaction mechanism of the Rh(iii)-catalyzed regioselective C–H cyanation of indole and indoline with N-cyano-N-phenyl-para-methylbenzenesulfonamide (NCTS).


2007 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIAN-HUA XU ◽  
LAI-CAI LI ◽  
YAN ZHENG ◽  
JUN-LING LIU ◽  
XIN WANG

The reaction mechanisms of HNCS with CH 2 CH radical have been investigated by density functional theory (DFT). The geometries and harmonic frequencies of the reactants, intermediates, transition states and products have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. The results show that the reaction is very complicated. Nine possible reaction pathways were identified. The results show that the most feasible reaction channel is the hydrogen-transfer pathway CH 2 CH + HNCS → IMA1 → TSA1 → CH 2 CHH + NCS . The pathway VIC C-S addition channel ( CH 2 CH + HNCS → TSD5 → IMD4 → TSD9 → CH 2 CHS + CNH ) can also occur easily. Ethene and radical NCS is the main product of the studied reaction, and product P8 ( CH 2 CHS and CNH ) may also be observed. Compared with our previous study on the reaction HNCS + CH 2 CH , the present reaction is easier to proceed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (47) ◽  
pp. 26966-26974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hilmy Alfaruqi ◽  
Saiful Islam ◽  
Jun Lee ◽  
Jeonggeun Jo ◽  
Vinod Mathew ◽  
...  

Theoretical studies based on density functional theory of α-MnO2 as a potential cathode for Al-ion battery are presented.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (87) ◽  
pp. 83668-83672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunori Matsui ◽  
Kosuke Usui ◽  
Hiroshi Ikeda ◽  
Stephan Irle

Theoretical studies on triplet–triplet (T1 → T0) fluorescence of the arylated trimethylenemethane (TMM) biradicals, 32˙˙, were carried out using post-Hartree–Fock ab initio and various first principles density functional theory methods.


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