“CH”/N取代对BTD衍生物光电性质影响的理论研究

采用量子化学方法研究了“CH”/N杂原子取代对2,1,3-苯并噻二唑衍生物(BTD)的电子性质、光谱性质以及电荷传输性质的影响,为新型有机发光材料的设计与合成提供了可靠的理论基础和指导.研究结果表明,在基态和激发态,与母体分子相比,“CH”/N取代同时降低了最高占据轨道和最低空轨道的能量.而且,与母体分子相比,“CH”/N取代衍生物的能隙升高.“CH”/N取代使母体分子吸收和发射光谱发生了蓝移,并且使发射光谱的振子强度增大.“CH”/N取代衍生物具有较小的空穴重组能,可以作为有机发光二极管的空穴传输材料.     

基于星射状三苯胺敏化剂的分子设计

以性能优良的三苯胺星射状分子WD8为母体,通过密度泛函理论方法,探讨了取代基团在不同位置时,对母体分子电子性质、光谱性质和电荷传输性能的影响.结果表明,取代基团位置的不同,对分子的前线分子轨道组成基本没有影响.当2-氰基-3-呋喃基-丙烯酸基团取代位置由对位变为间位时,分子的吸收范围最大.当2-氰基-3-呋喃基-丙烯酸基团和1个吩噻嗪-苯基团取代位置由对位变为间位时,分子的EHOMO最大,ELUMO和Eg最小,分子的最大吸收波长最长.当2-氰基-3-呋喃基-丙烯酸基团和2个吩噻嗪-苯基团取代位置由对位变为间位时,分子的电荷传输性能最强.     

基于2,1,3-苯并噻二唑衍生物的有机发光材料的设计与性质的理论研究

有机电致发光材料已经成为国际上的一个研究热点。利用量子化学方法研究有机电致发光材料的结构与性能间的关系已成为材料科学中不可或缺的重要手段。本文采用理论计算方法对一种2,1,3-苯并噻二唑衍生物的结构进行修饰,研究了杂原子NH、O和Se取代对电子性质、光谱性质、电荷传输性质以及稳定性的影响,这对于了解有机电致发光材料的发光机制,设计新颖的多功能材料是非常有意义的。研究结果表明,NH取代对母体分子的电子性质和光谱性质的影响最明显。NH、O和Se取代衍生物具有较小的空穴重组能,可以作为有机电致发光二极管中的空穴电荷传输材料。静电势能结果表明NH、O和Se取代衍生物的稳定性要高于母体分子的稳定性。     

环戊二噻吩中的硫原子被CH2、SiH2取代对化合物光电性质影响的理论研究

有机电致发光材料是国际上的研究热点之一。本文采用量子化学方法,研究了环戊二噻吩CH2和SiH2取代对其与2,1,3-苯并噻二唑和三苯胺的化合物光电性质的影响。研究结果表明,CH2取代对母体分子的电子和光谱性质的影响比SiH2取代明显。SiH2取代使吸收和发射光谱的振子强度增大的程度大于CH2取代,更有利于发光强度的提高。CH2和SiH2取代衍生物的空穴和电子重组能的差值极小,可以作为有机电致发光二极管中双极性电荷传输材料。静电势能结果表明,SiH2取代衍生物的稳定性高于母体分子的稳定性。通过探索分子结构与性质间关系,为实验设计合成新的有机电致发光材料提供了理论支持。     

D-π-A-π-D型萘基衍生物的电子、光谱和电荷传输性质

采用量子化学方法研究了给体-π桥-受体-π桥-给体(D-π-A-π-D)型萘基衍生物及其“CH”/N 杂原子取代衍生物的电子、光谱和电荷传输性质. 计算结果表明, 分子结构的变化引起了电子结构和能隙的变化, 进而改变了吸收和发射光谱. 其中, 衍生物的最大发射波长几乎覆盖了可见光区域(447.7-743.1 nm). 而且, 光谱的Stokes 位移较大(106.1-222.4 nm), 产生的原因在于, 与基态结构相比较, 衍生物的激发态结构中分子主干存在两个相连部分更为平面的构型. 计算结果还显示, 所有衍生物都可以作为有机电致发光二极管中的空穴传输材料.     

吡啶取代蒽衍生物电荷传输性质的理论研究

采用DFT,HF,CIS和TDDFT等方法对5个吡啶取代蒽衍生物的电子结构、光谱及电荷注入传输性能进行了计算与研究.结果表明,5种化合物的结构变化发生在相邻基团之间的二面角,电子光谱变化微小,最大发射波长约450nm.通过调节吡啶或苯的取代位置,可改变前线分子轨道能级、电离能、电子亲和势和重组能的大小,改善化合物的电荷注入传输性能.5种化合物中,DPyPA-MO的空穴和电子迁移速率较为突出,而DPyPA-OM具有最佳的电荷注入传输性能,有望成为电荷平衡性优良的蓝光材料应用于OLED.     

两种4-氨基安替比林席夫碱-Pt(Ⅱ)配合物电子光谱性质的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT),在PBE0/6-31+G(d)-LANL2DZ水平下,对两种含有不同取代基的4-氨基安替比林席夫碱-Pt(Ⅱ)配合物A和B的几何构型、前线分子轨道及其分布特征进行理论计算.在优化构型的基础上,用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)在相同水平下对上述配合物进行电子吸收光谱研究.计算还考虑了二氯甲烷溶剂对电子结构和光谱性质的影响.结果表明,配合物A和B的最强吸收波长分别来自于HOMO→LUMO和HOMO-5→LUMO的跃迁,以上跃迁存在明显的分子内电荷转移的特征.此外,在4-氨基安替比林配体上引入强的给电子基团-N(CH3)2,配合物A的最大吸收波长相对于配合物B发生了红移现象.     

9,9′-螺双芴的光电性能

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)-B3LYP/6-31G(d)方法对9,9'-螺双芴低聚物[(SBF)_n(n=1-4)]体系进行全优化,得到各分子的最高占据轨道(HOMO)和最低空轨道(LUMO)能量及HOMO-LUMO能隙,结果表明各分子整体表现出很好的共轭性质.并在分子的阳离子和阴离子状态的优化结构基础上,计算得到电离势(IP)、电子亲和势(EA)、空穴抽取能(HEP)、电子抽取能(EEP)和重组能等相关能量.利用单激发组态相瓦作用(CIS)/3-21G方法优化得到9,9'-螺双芴单体的S_1激发态的几何构型.用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)方法计算得到了分子吸收光谱和荧光光谱的相关数据.随着聚合长度的增加,能隙变窄,空穴注入和电子转移的能力都相应提高,吸收光所需能量减小,吸收强度(f)增大,光谱红移.采用线性外推法,利用低聚物分子的各种性质与聚合度n之间的关系,得到高聚物的相应性质.为考察9位螺芴化的影响,将(SBF)_n的相关性质与母体芴的低聚物[(FL)_n(n=1-4)]进行比较,由两者的计算结果对比显示,在芴的9位螺芴化可以提高电子和空穴的传输能力,并同时保留芴优良的发光性质.     

有机场效应材料氟化噻吩并四硫富瓦烯衍生物的电荷传输性质

噻吩并四硫富瓦烯(TTF)衍生物在有机场效应材料方面有较大的应用前景.应用密度泛函理论B3LYP泛函在6-31G(d,p)基组水平上计算了系列氟取代扩展噻吩并四硫富瓦烯衍生物(c2FT、t2FT及4FT)的轨道能级、电离能(IP)、电子亲和势(EA)和重组能(λ).在此基础上,进一步计算二聚体的迁移率,评估了载流子传输能力,并讨论取代位置和堆积方式对电荷传输性质的影响.计算结果表明,氟取代位置对二噻吩并四硫富瓦烯(DT-TTF)衍生物迁移率及电荷传输性质的影响较小,却有效降低了给电子能力.计算结果对设计和合成高效稳定的光电功能材料具有指导意义.     

9,9’-螺双芴的光电性能

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)-B3LYP/6-31G(d)方法对9,9'-螺双芴低聚物[(SBF)n(n=1-4)]体系进行全优化, 得到各分子的最高占据轨道(HOMO)和最低空轨道(LUMO)能量及HOMO-LUMO能隙, 结果表明各分子整体表现出很好的共轭性质. 并在分子的阳离子和阴离子状态的优化结构基础上, 计算得到电离势(IP)、电子亲和势(EA)、空穴抽取能(HEP)、电子抽取能(EEP)和重组能等相关能量. 利用单激发组态相互作用(CIS)/3-21G方法优化得到9,9'-螺双芴单体的S1激发态的几何构型. 用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)方法计算得到了分子吸收光谱和荧光光谱的相关数据. 随着聚合长度的增加, 能隙变窄, 空穴注入和电子转移的能力都相应提高, 吸收光所需能量减小, 吸收强度(f)增大, 光谱红移. 采用线性外推法, 利用低聚物分子的各种性质与聚合度n之间的关系, 得到高聚物的相应性质.为考察9位螺芴化的影响, 将(SBF)n的相关性质与母体芴的低聚物[(FL)n(n=1-4)]进行比较, 由两者的计算结果对比显示, 在芴的9位螺芴化可以提高电子和空穴的传输能力, 并同时保留芴优良的发光性质.     

CH2,NH,and O heteroatom substitution effects on the electronic,optical,and charge transport properties of a 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-based derivative:Insights from theory

A set of CH2-,NH-,and O-substituted 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole(BTD)-based derivatives have been investigated theoretically in order to explore their electronic,optical,and charge transport properties.The calculation results show that the electronic and optical properties of the pristine molecule can be easily tuned through changing the S substituent in the central aromatic ring.Based on the calculated maximum emission wavelength,we predict that CH2-,NH-,and O-substituted BTD-based derivatives could be used as red,green,and orange light-emitting materials,respectively.After CH2-,NH-or O-substitution,the oscillator strengths of the emission spectra are enhanced with respect to that of the pristine molecule,implying that these compounds have larger fluorescence intensity.Finally,it can be deduced that CH2-,NH-,and O-substituted BTD-based derivatives may act as hole transport materials in organic light-emitting diodes.     

Ligand effects on structures and spectroscopic properties of pyridine-2-aldoxime complexes of Re(CO)3(+): DFT/TDDFT theoretical studies

The series of novel rhenium(I) tricarbonyl mixed-ligand complexes Re(X)(CO)(3)(N^N) (N^N = pyridine-2-aldoxime; X = -Cl, 1; X = -CN, 2; and X = -C≡C, 3) has been investigated theoretically to explore the ligand X effect on their electronic structures and spectroscopic properties. The contribution of the X ligand to the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and HOMO-1 decreases in the order of 3 > 1 > 2, in line with the π-donating abilities of the X: -C≡C > -Cl > -CN. The reorganization energy (λ) calculations show that 1 and 3 will result in the higher efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes than 2. The lowest-lying absorptions of 1 and 3 can be assigned to the {[d(xz), d(yz)(Re) + π(CO) + π(X)] → [π* (N^N)]} transition with mixing metal-to-ligand, ligand-to-ligand, and X ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT/LLCT/XLCT) character, whereas this absorption at 354 nm (H-1 → L) of 2 is assigned to {[d(xz), d(yz)(Re) + π(CO) + π(N^N)] → [π* (N^N)]} transition with MLCT/LLCT/ILCT (intraligand charge transfer). Furthermore, the absorptions are red-shifted in the order 2, 1, and 3, with the increase of π-donating abilities of X ligands. The solvent effects cause red shifts of the absorption and emission spectra with decreasing solvent polarity.     

Tuning the Organogelating and Spectroscopic Properties of a C3-Symmetric Pyrene-Based Gelator through Charge Transfer

Two-component organogels and xerogels based on a C₃-symmetric pyrene-containing gelator have been deeply characterized through a wide range of techniques. Based on the formation of charge transfer complexes, the gelation phenomenon proved to be highly dependent on the nature of the electron poor dopant. This parameter significantly influenced the corresponding gelation domains, the critical gelation concentrations of acceptor dopants, the gel-to-sol transition temperatures, the microstructures formed in the xerogel state and their spectroscopic properties. In particular, titrations and variable-temperature UV–visible absorption spectroscopy demonstrated the key role of donor–acceptor interactions with a remarkable correlation between the phase transition temperatures and the disappearance of the characteristic charge transfer bands. The assignment of these electronic transitions was confirmed through time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations. Eventually, it was shown that the luminescent properties of these materials can be tuned with the temperature, either in intensity or emission wavelength.     

Design of donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) type small molecule donor materials with efficient photovoltaic parameters

Four Donor–Acceptor–Donor (D–A–D) type of donor molecules (M1‐M4) with triphenylamine (TPA) as donor moiety, thiophene as bridge, and thiazolothiazole as acceptor unit were designed and its photovoltaic parameters were equated with reference molecule “R.” DFT functional CAM‐B3LYP/6‐31G (d,p) was found best for geometry optimization and TD‐CAM‐B3LYP/6‐31G (d,p) was found suitable for excited state calculations. Among designed donor molecules, M4 manifests suitable lowest band gap of 4.73 eV, frontier molecular orbital energy levels as well as distinctive broad absorption of 455.3 nm due to the stronger electron withdrawing group. The electron‐withdrawing substituents contribute to red shifts of absorption spectra and better stabilities for designed molecules. The theoretically determined reorganization energies of designed donor molecules suggested excellent charge mobility property. The lower λ_e values in comparison with λ_h illustrated that these four donor materials would be ideal for electron transfer and M4 would be best amongst the investigated molecules with lowest λ_e of 0.0177. Furthermore, the calculated Voc of M4 is 2.04 V with respect to PC₆₀BM (phenyl‐C61‐butyric acid methyl ester). This study revealed that the designed donor materials are suitable and recommended for high performance organic solar cell devices.     

Experimental and theoretical study of 10-methoxy-2-phenylbenzo[h]quinoline

10-Methoxy-2-phenylbenzo[h]quinoline (MPBQ) has been synthesized and characterized by NMR and X-ray single crystal diffraction. Both the ground and the lowest singlet excited-state geometries of MPBQ were optimized by B3LYP and ab initio CIS methods at 6-31G (d,p) level, respectively. The absorption and emission spectra of the compound were experimentally determined in CH(3)CN solution and were simultaneously computed using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) in CH(3)CN solution. The calculated absorption and emission wavelengths were in good agreement with the experimental ones. The calculated lowest-lying absorption spectra can be mainly attributed to intramolecular charge transfer (ICT). And the calculated fluorescence spectra can be mainly described as originating from an excited state with intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) character. These results show that MPBQ exhibited excellent thermal stability and could serve as a useful photoluminescence material.     

Mapping the frontier electronic structures of triphenylamine based organic dyes at TiO2 interfaces

The frontier electronic structures of a series of organic dye molecules containing a triphenylamine moiety, a thiophene moiety and a cyanoacrylic acid moiety have been investigated by photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and resonant photoelectron spectroscopy (RPES). The experimental results were compared to electronic structure calculations on the molecules, which are used to confirm and enrich the assignment of the spectra. The approach allows us to experimentally measure and interpret the basic valence energy level structure in the dye, including the highest occupied energy level and how it depends on the interaction between the different units. Based on N 1s X-ray absorption and emission spectra we also obtain insight into the structure of the excited states, the molecular orbital composition and dynamics. Together the results provide an experimentally determined energy level map useful in the design of these types of materials. Included are also results indicating femtosecond charge redistribution at the dye/TiO(2) interface.     

Effects of peripheral and axial substitutions on electronic transitions of tin naphthalocyanines

Tin naphthalocyanine molecules display strong absorption in the infrared region (IR), making them ideal as components of organic photodiodes and solar cells. We use density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) at the B3LYP level to study the influence of axial and peripheral ligands on the absorption wavelength of tin naphthalocyanines. We find that TD-DFT is successful at reproducing the experimental absorption spectra of free base naphthalocyanine and tin naphthalocyanine molecules and can be used as a reliable tool to predict absorption spectra of substituted naphthalocyanines. Functional groups attached axially to tin (-F, -Cl, -Br, -I) and peripherally to the inner ring (-F, -Cl, -Br, -Ph, -OH, -COCH(3), -O(CH(2))(3)CH(3)) of the tin naphthalocyanine molecule tune the excitation wavelength in the near-infrared region between 770 and 940 nm. While substituents to the outer naphthalocyanine ring (-Cl, -Br) affect the intensity of the absorption peaks in the NIR region, they do not influence their absorption wavelength. Asymmetric substitution of naphthalocyanine pendant arms can be employed to decrease intensity of the absorption peaks in the visible region with respect to the intensity of the peaks in the NIR.     

Optical absorption and emission properties of fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, and their derivatives. A DFT study

Fluoranthene and benzo[k]fluoranthene-based oligoarenes are good candidates for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In this work, the electronic structure and optical properties of fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, and their derivatives have been studied using quantum chemical methods. The ground-state structures were optimized using the density functional theory (DFT) methods. The lowest singlet excited state was optimized using time-dependent density functional theory (TD-B3LYP) and configuration interaction singles (CIS) methods. On the basis of ground- and excited-state geometries, the absorption and emission spectra have been calculated using the TD-DFT method with a variety of exchange-correlation functionals. All the calculations were carried out in chloroform medium. The results show that the absorption and emission spectra calculated using the B3LYP functional is in good agreement with the available experimental results. Unlikely, the meta hybrid functionals such as M06HF and M062X underestimate the absorption and emission spectra of all the studied molecules. The calculated absorption and emission wavelength are more or less basis set independent. It has been observed that the substitution of an aromatic ring significantly alters the absorption and emission spectra.