Geometries, electronic structures and vibrational spectral studies of 4-aminophthalonitrile using quantum chemical calculations for dye sensitized solar cells

The geometries, electronic structures, polarizabilities, and hyperpolarizabilities of organic dye sensitizer 4-Aminophthalonitrile were studied based on Hartee-Fock (HF) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) using the hybrid functional B3LYP. Ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrum was investigated by Time Dependent DFT (TD-DFT). Features of the electronic absorption spectrum in the visible and near-UV regions were assigned based on TD-DFT calculations. The absorption bands have been assigned to n → π* transitions. Calculated results suggest that the three excited states with the lowest excited energies in 4-Aminophthalonitrile is due to photoinduced electron transfer processes. The interfacial electron transfer between semiconductor TiO₂ electrode and dye sensitizer is due to an electron injection process from excited dye to the semiconductor’s conduction band. The role of cyanide and amine group in 4-Aminophthalonitrile geometries, electronic structures, and vibrational spectra were compared with experimental values and in view of these results, it was concluded that 4-Aminophthalonitrile used in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) gives a good conversion efficiency.     

染料敏化太阳能电池光敏剂卟啉儿茶酚的密度泛函和含时密度泛函研究

用密度泛函理论的杂化密度泛函B3LYP方法研究了太阳能电池光敏荆5,10,15.三苯基-20-(3,4-二羟基苯)卟啉(卟啉儿荼酚,TPP-cat)的几何结构、电子结构、IR和Raman特性.用自然键轨道方法分析了电荷布居和成键性质.计算结果表明,最强的IR吸收峰位于1175.81 cm-1处,最强的Raman活性位于1587.18 cm-1处.采用含时密度泛函计算了TPP-cat在水溶液中的电子吸收谱,其Soret带和Q带均指认为π→π*跃迁,在大约354 cm-1处的跃迁与一个光诱导分子内电荷转移过程有关.     

Density Functional Theory Study on Organic Dye Sensitizers Containing Bis-dimethylfluorenyl Amino Benzofuran

运用密度泛函理论和含时密度泛函理论研究了两种含二-二甲基芴氨基苯并呋喃基团的有机染料敏化剂的几何结构、电子结构、极化率和超极化率以及紫外可见谱. 基于理论计算和实验结果的一致性指认了电子吸收谱的特征. 可见区的吸收带都与光诱导电荷转移过程有关,二甲基芴氨基苯并呋喃基团是在光电转换敏化中起主要作用的基团. 通过对两种染料敏化剂的比较,分析了亚乙烯基对几何结构、电子结构和光谱特性影响.     

Effect of oxidation state and coordination with Hg(II) on the electronic spectra of an anthraquinone–rhodamine sensor

ABSTRACT

In this study, a computational examination of the electronic transitions and through-space energy transfer processes lends insight into the experimental electronic spectra of a redox-sensitive rhodamine–anthraquinone dyad. Electronic transitions were calculated using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) based on models optimised from single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) ion positions. DFT calculations were performed on gas-phase models using the Vienna Ab Initio Software Package (VASP) with the functional developed by Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof (PBE) on a basis set of plane waves. Using the DFT results, select transitions were evaluated based on a dipole–dipole coupling mechanism to find the Förster resonance energy transfer coupling, the square of which is approximately proportional to the rate of energy transfer between the donor and the acceptor. Electronic transitions during the relaxation of charge carriers are also investigated using nonadiabatic molecular dynamics. In order to investigate the transitions contributing to key peaks in the experimental absorbance spectra, TDDFT calculations were performed in Gaussian 09 with the B3LYP functional on the sensor in solution phase, which is simulated using a polarisable continuum model (PCM). The computed electron transfer process from the excited rhodamine to the quinone correlates better with the experimental data than does the computed Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process. This computed electron transfer process is faster than the radiative lifetime of the fluorescent state, which collectively suggests that the charge transfer process quenches fluorescence. These results support the observation that fluorescence is more prominent in the oxidised sensor than in the reduced sensor.     

Structure and spectral properties of triphenylamine dye functionalized with 3,4-propylenedioxythiophene

Based on the density functional theory with the B3LYP, BMK, and PBE1PBE hybrid functionals and 6?C31G(d) atomic-orbital basis set, the structure and electronic-spectral properties of a triphenylamine dye sensitizer for photoelectric converters that is functionalized with 3,4-propylenedioxythiophene have been studied. The nature of an intense color of the sensitizer is elucidated. The relation of the orbital structure of the first excited state to the mechanism by which the intensity and polarization of the visible absorption band are formed, as well as the electron injection efficiency into the conduction band of titanium oxide, are explained. In terms of the Bader theory, a complete analysis of the electron density distribution in the dye molecule under study has been performed and the role played by nonvalent interactions in its stabilization has been determined.     

取代基对2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑分子内氢键及质子转移的影响:密度泛函理论研究

运用密度泛函(DFT)和含时密度泛函(TD DFT)理论方法研究了在2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑(HBT)苯环羟基的邻位或对位分别引入羟基和醛基后的衍生物分子内质子转移过程,考察了取代基的电子效应及取代位置对分子内氢键和质子转移反应的影响,模拟计算了各分子的IR振动光谱和电子光谱.研究发现,HBT及其衍生物分子可以形成分子内氢键,且激发态时氢键增强.基态时以醇式构型稳定存在,激发态时酮式结构为优势构象.分子的最大吸收峰和发射峰主要源于电子从前线分子轨道HOMO到LUMO之间的跃迁.基态分子内质子转移需要越过较高的能垒因而难以发生,而激发态时只需越过较低能垒就很容易发生激发态分子内质子转移.取代基的电子效应和取代位置对HBT分子氢键强度、互变异构体的相对稳定性、电子光谱及质子转移反应的能垒均有一定影响.     

Computational prediction on photophysical properties of two excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophores bearing the benzothiazole group

ABSTRACT

In this contribution, the photophysical properties of two excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophores of 2,6-dibenzothiazolyl-4-methylphenol (I) and 2-benzothiazolyl-6-(2-(benzothiazolyl)vinyl)-4-methylphenol (II) were studied by density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) methods at the PBE0 theoretical level. To probe into the origin of the absorption and emission bands observed experimentally, the absorption and emission spectra of I and II were simulated by the TD-PBE0/6-311?+?G(d,p) calculations. In addition, the photo-induced proton enol–keto tautomerization of the two targeted molecules was also explored. The present studies indicate that a good agreement is found between theoretical predictions and experimental data. Moreover, both of these molecules can undergo an ultrafast ESIPT process, which should be responsible for the single proton-transfer tautomer emission.     

FT‐Raman,IR and UV‐visible spectral investigations and ab initio computations of a nonlinear food dye amaranth

Amaranth (E123, Food Red 9, FD & C Red 2) is a sulfonated azo dye used as a color additive in foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. FT‐IR and FT‐Raman spectra of amaranth were recorded and analyzed. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to derive the equilibrium geometry, vibrational wavenumbers, intensities and first hyperpolarizability. The results of the optimized molecular structure gave clear evidence for the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) and intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the molecule. Azo stretching wavenumbers are lowered owing to conjugation and π‐electron delocalization. Time‐dependent density functional theory (TD‐DFT) calculations of the electronic spectra were performed on the optimized structure and compared with the experimental UV‐visible spectrum. Vibrational spectra, natural bonding orbitals (NBO) analysis and optimized geometry indicate C H·N hydrogen bonding in the molecule. The first hyperpolarizability of the molecule was calculated. The optical nonlinearity of the dye is due to the donation of the electron density from the hydroxyl group of the conjugated system via naphthalene ( 2 ) ring into π*‐orbital of the azo moiety. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉及其2-取代芳基衍生物的电子结构与光谱性质

分别采用B3LYP/6-31G(d)和CIS/6-31G(d)方法对咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉(ip)及其8种2-取代芳基衍生物的基态(S0)和单重激发态(S1)的几何构型进行了全优化, 并采用含时的度泛函理论(TD-DFT)计算了上述化合物的电子吸收和电子发射光谱. 分析了取代基对咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉的电子结构、前线分子轨道、电离势Ip、电子亲和势EA及电子光谱的影响. 计算结果表明, 取代基使8种取代衍生物前线分子轨道(LUMO-HOMO)能隙降低,导致其最大吸收和发射波长均发生了红移. 化合物1～8的跃迁类型均为分子内电荷转移（ICT）跃迁,且1～4和5～8的电子转移方向刚好相反. 溶剂对其电子光谱也有影响, 振子强度增大, 最大发射波长红移. 另外, 8种取代衍生物的电离势降低, 电子亲和势增大, 化合物1~4易于空穴的注入, 5~8易于电子的注入.     

咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉及其2-取代芳基衍生物的电子结构与光谱性质

分别采用B3LYP/6-31G(d)和CIS/6-31G(d)方法对咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉(ip)及其8种2-取代芳基衍生物的基态(S0)和单重激发态(S1)的几何构型进行了全优化, 并采用含时的度泛函理论(TD-DFT)计算了上述化合物的电子吸收和电子发射光谱. 分析了取代基对咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉的电子结构、前线分子轨道、电离势Ip、电子亲和势EA及电子光谱的影响. 计算结果表明, 取代基使8种取代衍生物前线分子轨道(LUMO-HOMO)能隙降低,导致其最大吸收和发射波长均发生了红移. 化合物1～8的跃迁类型均为分子内电荷转移（ICT）跃迁,且1～4和5～8的电子转移方向刚好相反. 溶剂对其电子光谱也有影响, 振子强度增大, 最大发射波长红移. 另外, 8种取代衍生物的电离势降低, 电子亲和势增大, 化合物1~4易于空穴的注入, 5~8易于电子的注入.