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.     

基于苯并噻吩平面格的张力与重组能的理论研究

有机半导体材料在有机发光二极管(OLED)、有机场效应晶体管(OFET)和有机太阳能电池(OSC)等领域应用广泛,但由于各类结构缺陷和迁移率较低,不利于载流子的传输.本文基于苯并噻吩设计并研究了一系列新型有机电荷传输纳米分子,利用密度泛函理论研究了分子轨道、电离能、电子亲和势、张力能和重组能等分子结构和电子性质;利用约化密度梯度函数和正规模式(NM)分析方法计算了分子内的弱相互作用和每个振动模式对重组能的贡献.结果表明,苯并噻吩格子化(形成四元格)之后,与其单体相比,分子的电子重组能降低了至少0.394 eV,空穴重组能降低了至少0.056 eV,证明格子化是降低重组能的一种有效策略.     

3-(3’-吡啶基)-6-芳基-1,2,4-三唑并[3,4-b]-1,3,4-噻二唑衍生物基态和激发态性质

用密度泛函B3LYP方法对3-(3’-吡啶基)-6-芳基-1,2,4-三唑并[3,4-b]-1,3,4-噻二唑衍生物(芳基为苯基、3-吡啶基和苯乙烯基)进行基态几何构型全优化, 计算分子的电离势IP和电子亲和势EA等相关能量, 并用Zerner间略微分重叠(ZINDO)和含时密度泛函(TDDFT)方法计算吸收光谱, 用单组态相互作用方法(CIS)优化三种化合物分子的S1激发态结构, 分析其能量与发射光谱的关系, 计算溶剂中分子的吸收和发射光谱, 并与实验结果对照. 计算结果表明, 从3-(3’-吡啶基)-6-苯基-1,2,4-三唑并[3,4-b]-1,3,4-噻二唑分子(化合物A)到3-(3’-吡啶基)-6-(3’-吡啶基)-1,2,4-三唑并[3,4-b]-1,3,4-噻二唑分子(化合物B)以及3-(3’-吡啶基)-6-对乙烯苯基-1,2,4-三唑并[3,4-b]-1,3,4-噻二唑分子(化合物C)的电子亲和势依次增大, 愈来愈容易接受电子, 吸收光谱和发射光谱红移.     

7-氮杂吲哚衍生物分子基态和激发态性质的理论研究

用从头算HF和密度泛函B3LYP方法对7-氮杂吲哚衍生物1,3-二(N-7-氮杂吲哚基)苯、1,3,5 三(N-7-氮杂吲哚基)苯和4,4′-二(N-7-氮杂吲哚基)联苯进行全优化, 计算分子的电离势IP和电子亲和势EA等相关能量, 并用ZINDO和TDDFT方法计算吸收光谱, 用CIS优化三种化合物分子的S1激发态结构, 并分析其能量与发射光谱的关系, 计算溶剂中分子的吸收和发射光谱, 并与实验结果对照. 计算结果表明, 从7-氮杂吲哚到上述三种衍生物依次愈来愈容易接受空穴, 吸收和发射光谱红移.     

meso取代卟啉衍生物的结构和光学性质

meso取代卟啉衍生物在红色电致发光材料上有较大的应用前景.本文采用密度泛函理论(DFT)B3LYP方法,对以反式二噻吩(S)作为能量传输供体的卟啉衍生物,Zn-5,10,15,20-tetra(2-[thiophen-2-yl]thiophene)porphyrin(SPZ)和5,10,15,20-tetra(2-[thiophen-2-yl]thiophene)porphyrin(TSP),进行了全优化.计算了二者的电离能(IP)、电子亲和势(EA)、空穴抽取能(HEP)、电子抽取能(EEP)、空穴和电子重组能(λ),评估了它们的载流子注入和传输能力.用含时密度泛函理论(TDDFT)/B3LYP/6-31G(d)方法计算了吸收光谱.用从头算单激发组态相互作用(CIS)方法优化了SPZ和TSP的最低激发单重态S1,并用含时Hartree-Fock(TDHF)方法研究它们的荧光光谱.理论计算结果表明,引入S基团对卟啉的光物理性质影响很大,尤其是电子注入和传输性质.     

VOx(x=1-5)团簇结构与稳定性的DFT研究

用密度泛函理论(DFT)的B3LYP方法在相对论有效实势（RECP）(O/6-311++g(d,p), V/lanl2dz)水平上对气态VOx(x=1-5)分子的几何构型, 振动频率, 电子亲和势和能级分布进行了理论研究. 通过对基态结构的几何参数分析发现, 它们的基态结构趋于立体结构. 其基态结构为: VO (4Σ), VO2 (2A1), VO3 (2A), VO4 (2A2), VO5 (4B2) . 对基态结构的垂直电离能, 电子性质和能级分布研究分析表明: 该系列分子最稳定的是VO4, 最不稳定的是VO. 该系列分子基态的平均VO键键长随氧原子数的增加而增长.     

芴与苯并硒化二唑共聚物的电子结构和光谱性质的理论研究

用密度泛函B3LYP方法对低聚体(DEF-BSeD)n(n=1~4)[其中9,9二乙基芴(DEF)单元与苯并硒化二唑(BSeD)单元的摩尔比分别为1∶1和2∶1]进行全优化, 计算电离能(PI)、电子亲和势(EA)和能隙(ΔH-L), 在基态结构的基础上用TD-DFT和ZINDO方法计算激发能和电子吸收光谱, 并利用外推法得到高聚物的相应性质. 从外推结果看出, 随着聚合物中BSeD比例的增大, 聚合物的最低单激发能呈减小的趋势, 最大电子吸收光谱红移. 用CIS方法优化得到单体的S1激发态结构, 计算结果表明, 激发态的结构更趋近于平面构型.     

萘醌类化合物抗肿瘤活性的理论研究

采用量子化学方法对目前发现的39种天然紫草萘醌类化合物的电离能(IP)、电子亲和势(EA)及羟基氢原子解离能(Bond dissociation energy, BDE)进行了理论研究, 并分析了上述物理量与羟基自由基清除活性之间的关系. 同时研究了5, 7及9位C及14, 16位氧的自旋密度及化合物电子亲和势(EA)对其活性的影响. 研究结果表明, 化合物侧链的增长及不饱和键的存在均可导致其BDE和IP值的减小, EA值的减小, 说明苯氧基自由基自旋密度的增大, 有助于其自由基清除活性的增大, 表明其抗肿瘤作用的增强. 而在支链上引入体积较大的官能团以及羟基和乙酰基, 会导致化合物的BDE和IP值的增大.     

聚合位点对齐聚乙烯基噻吩光谱的影响

利用密度泛函理论PBE0方法,在6-31G基组水平上,对12种采用不同聚合位点的乙烯基噻吩二聚体分子进行了全优化,得到分子的紫外-可见吸收光谱.探讨了聚合位点对齐聚乙烯基噻吩吸收光谱、电子亲和势、电离能和重组能的影响,并研究了聚合度对乙烯基噻吩齐聚物吸收光谱的影响.计算结果表明:采用邻位聚合的乙烯基噻吩二聚体的能隙最小,电离能EIP最小,电子亲和势EEA最高,最大吸收波长较大,吸收强度大,λmax=377.33nm,f=1.0242.随着聚合度的增加,齐聚乙烯基噻吩的吸收光谱发生红移,吸收峰变宽,吸光度增大.十六聚体的最大吸收范围为500~1200nm,最大吸收波长为801.28nm时吸收值为7.003×105L·mol~(-1)·cm~(-1).     

推/拉电子取代基对PCBM结构及光谱性质影响的理论研究

应用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法计算[6,6]-苯基-C₆₁-丁酸甲酯(PCBM)及其苯环对位取代得到的4种衍生物的几何和电子结构. 采用第一激发能校正了分子的最低未占据分子轨道(LUMO)能级, 探讨了推/拉电子基团对分子前线轨道的影响. 在全优化几何构型的基础上, 采用含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)方法研究了电子吸收光谱特征和电荷转移态性质, 并讨论了推/拉电子基团对体系电子吸收光谱性质的影响. 通过对重组能和电子亲和势的计算, 预测了PCBM与4种衍生物的电子能力及电子迁移率大小的关系. 结果表明, 在PCBM中, 在苯环的对位引入推电子基团可以提高分子的前线轨道能级, 改变前线轨道电子云分布, 明显增强可见光范围内的吸收强度, 增加可见光范围内的电荷转移吸收, 且激发态的电荷转移随着引入基团推电子能力的增加而增强. 化合物5的激发态分子内电荷转移性质最强, 且具有较独特的光伏性质. 而在同样位置引入拉电子基团, 则降低了分子前线轨道能级对电子吸收光谱的影响.     

On Koopmans' theorem in density functional theory

This paper clarifies why long-range corrected (LC) density functional theory gives orbital energies quantitatively. First, the highest occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energies of typical molecules are compared with the minus vertical ionization potentials (IPs) and electron affinities (EAs), respectively. Consequently, only LC exchange functionals are found to give the orbital energies close to the minus IPs and EAs, while other functionals considerably underestimate them. The reproducibility of orbital energies is hardly affected by the difference in the short-range part of LC functionals. Fractional occupation calculations are then carried out to clarify the reason for the accurate orbital energies of LC functionals. As a result, only LC functionals are found to keep the orbital energies almost constant for fractional occupied orbitals. The direct orbital energy dependence on the fractional occupation is expressed by the exchange self-interaction (SI) energy through the potential derivative of the exchange functional plus the Coulomb SI energy. On the basis of this, the exchange SI energies through the potential derivatives are compared with the minus Coulomb SI energy. Consequently, these are revealed to be cancelled out only by LC functionals except for H, He, and Ne atoms.     

Design of low band gap polymers employing density functional theory—hybrid functionals ameliorate band gap problem

Band gaps in solids and excitation energies in finite systems are underestimated significantly if estimated from differences between eigenvalues obtained within the local spin density approximation (LSDA). In this article we present results on 20 small- and medium-sized π-systems which show that HOMO–LUMO energy differences obtained with the B3LYP, B3P86, and B3PW91 functionals are in good agreement with vertical excitation energies from UV-absorption spectra. The improvement is a result of the use of the exact Hartree–Fock exchange with hybrid methods. Negative HOMO energies and negative LUMO energies do not provide good estimates for IPs and EAs. In contrast to Hartree–Fock theory, where IPs are approximated well and EAs are given poorly, DFT hybrid methods underestimate IPs and EAs by about the same amount. LSDA yields reasonable EAs but poor IPs. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 18 : 1943–1953, 1997     

最优化“调控”区间分离密度泛函理论的研究进展

发展精确、高效的交换-关联泛函一直是密度泛函理论工作者所追求的神圣目标。传统密度泛函被证实在计算原子或分子体系的某些基态和激发态性能时存在困难,而且预测不具有普适性;另一方面,一些高水平方法如耦合簇（CC）理论和基于格林函数（G）和屏蔽库仑作用（W）近似的多体微扰理论（MBPT）,尽管相对精确但往往需要消耗昂贵的计算成本,因而其研究体系的尺寸和实用性受到了很大的限制。近年来,“最优化”调控区间分离泛函的发展在一定程度上使得上述问题得到改善,尤其是在消耗较少的计算成本前提下能够达到与高水平方法相媲美的预测精度,引起了越来越多的关注。本文首先简要回顾了密度泛函领域的理论背景,在区间分离密度泛函理论的基础上,重点介绍了最优化“调控”的概念;并且结合近期的理论工作对其在实际计算时的表现进行评价;最后,就最优化“调控”方法的前景和应用进行了展望。     

Halogenated 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-5,7,12,14-tetraazapentacene: applications for ambipolar air-stable organic field-effect transistors

Density functional theory calculations were performed to explore the influence of halogenation on the reorganization energies (λ), adiabatic ionization potentials (IPs), adiabatic electron affinities (EAs), and air stabilities of a series of pentacene (PENT) and tetraceno[2,3-b]thiophene (TbTH) derivatives. According to calculated IP and EA values, all well-known PENT and TbTH derivatives in this paper are air-stable p-channel but not air-stable n-channel organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) due to insufficient EAs, consistent with experimental observations. The calculated results show that attaching two or more halogen atoms onto air-unstable 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-5,7,12,14-tetraazapentacene (TIPS-N4PENT) is sufficient for promoting ambipolar air-stable properties. The electronic coupling and band structure calculations indicate that halogenated TIPS-N4PENT derivatives have potential applications in high-performance ambipolar air-stable OFETs. They also provide rational guidelines for the design of ambipolar air-stable organic semiconductors (OSCs).     

A theoretical description of charge reorganization energies in molecular organic P‐type semiconductors

Charge transport properties of materials composed of small organic molecules are important for numerous optoelectronic applications. A material's ability to transport charges is considerably influenced by the charge reorganization energies of the composing molecules. Hence, predictions about charge‐transport properties of organic materials deserve reliable statements about these charge reorganization energies. However, using density functional theory which is mostly used for the predictions, the computed reorganization energies depend strongly on the chosen functional. To gain insight, a benchmark of various density functionals for the accurate calculation of charge reorganization energies is presented. A correlation between the charge reorganization energies and the ionization potentials is found which suggests applying IP‐tuning to obtain reliable values for charge reorganization energies. According to benchmark investigations with IP‐EOM‐CCSD single‐point calculations, the tuned functionals provide indeed more reliable charge reorganization energies. Among the standard functionals, ωB97X‐D and SOGGA11X yield accurate charge reorganization energies in comparison with IP‐EOM‐CCSD values. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Ionization potentials and electron affinities in the Perdew-Zunger self-interaction corrected density-functional theory

Using a self-consistent implementation of the Perdew-Zunger self-interaction corrected (PZ-SIC) density-functional theory, we have calculated ionization potentials (IP) and electron affinities (EA) of first- and second-row atoms and a set of small molecules. Several exchange-correlation functionals were tested. IPs and EAs were obtained by two methods: as the difference in self-consistent field (SCF) energies of neutrals and ions (deltaSCF) and as negatives of highest-occupied orbital energies. We found that, except for local spin-density approximation, PZ-SIC worsens DeltaSCF IPs and EAs. On the other hand, PZ-SIC brings orbital eigenvalues into much better agreement with electron removal energies. The Perdew-Zunger SIC seems to over-correct many-electron systems; for molecules it performs worse than for atoms. We also discuss several common approximations to PZ-SIC such as spherical averaging of orbital densities in atoms.     

Assessing the role of Hartree‐Fock exchange,correlation energy and long range corrections in evaluating ionization potential,and electron affinity in density functional theory

Accurate determination of ionization potentials (IPs), electron affinities (EAs), fundamental gaps (FGs), and HOMO, LUMO energy levels of organic molecules play an important role in modeling and predicting the efficiencies of organic photovoltaics, OLEDs etc. In this work, we investigate the effects of Hartree Fock (HF) Exchange, correlation energy, and long range corrections in predicting IP and EA in Hybrid Functionals. We observe increase in percentage of HF exchange results in increase of IPs and decrease in EAs. Contrary to the general expectations inclusion of both HF exchange and correlation energy (from the second order perturbation theory MP2) leads to poor prediction. Range separated Hybrid Functionals are found to be more reliable among various DFT Functionals investigated. DFT Functionals predict accurate IPs whereas post HF methods predict accurate EAs. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Excitation energies expressed as orbital energies of Kohn–Sham density functional theory with long-range corrected functionals

A new simple and conceptual theoretical scheme is proposed for estimating one-electron excitation energies using Kohn–Sham (KS) solutions. One-electron transitions that are dominated by the promotion from one initially occupied orbital to one unoccupied orbital of a molecular system can be expressed in a two-step process, ionization, and electron attachment. KS with long-range corrected (LC) functionals satisfies Janak's theorem and LC total energy varies almost linearly as a function of its fractional occupation number between the integer electron points. Thus, LC reproduces ionization energies (IPs) and electron affinities (EAs) with high accuracy and one-electron excitation energies are expressed as the difference between the occupied orbital energy of a neutral molecule and the corresponding unoccupied orbital energy of its cation. Two such expressions can be used, with one employing the orbital energies for the neutral and cationic systems, while the other utilizes orbital energies of just the cation. Because the EA of a molecule is the IP of its anion, if we utilize this identity, the two expressions coincide and give the same excitation energies. Reasonable results are obtained for valence and core excitations using only orbital energies.     

Long‐range corrected functionals satisfy Koopmans' theorem: Calculation of correlation and relaxation energies

In this article, we show that the long‐range‐corrected (LC) density functionals LC‐BOP and LCgau‐BOP reproduce frontier orbital energies and highest‐occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)—lowest‐unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) gaps better than other density functionals. The negative of HOMO and LUMO energies are compared with the vertical ionization potentials (IPs) and electron affinities, respectively, using CCSD(T)/6‐311++G(3df,3pd) for 113 molecules, and we found LC functionals to satisfy Koopmans' theorem. We also report that the frontier orbital energies and the HOMO‐LUMO gaps of LC‐BOP and LCgau‐BOP are better than those of recently proposed ωM05‐D (Lin et al., J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136 , 154109). We express the exact IP in terms of orbital relaxation, and correlation energies and hence calculate the relaxation and correlation energies for the same set of molecules. It is found that the LC functionals, in general, includes more relaxation effect than Hartree–Fock and more correlation effect than the other density functionals without LC scheme. Finally, we scan μ parameter in LC scheme from 0.1 to 0.6 bohr^?1 for the above test set molecules with LC‐BOP functional and found our parameter value, 0.47 bohr^?1, is usefully applicable to our tested systems. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Carbazole endcapped heterofluorenes as host materials: theoretical study of their structural, electronic, and optical properties

By mimicking the molecular structure of 4,4'-bis(N-carbazolyl)-2,2'-biphenyl (CBP), which is a widely used host material, a new series of host molecules (carbazole-endcapped heterofluorenes, CzHFs) were designed by linking the hole-transporting carbazole to the core heterofluorene molecules in either meta or para positions of the heterofluorene. The aromatic cores considered in this study are biphenyl, fluorene, silafluorenes, germafluorenes, carbazole, phosphafluorene, oxygafluorene, and sulfurafluorene. To reveal their molecular structures, optoelectronic properties and structure-property relationships of the proposed host materials, an in-depth theoretical investigation was elaborated via quantum chemical calculations. The electronic structures in the ground states, cationic and anionic states, and lowest triplet states of these designed molecules have been studied with emphasis on the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMOs), the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMOs), energy gaps (E(g)), triplet energy gaps ((3)E(g)), as well as some other electronic properties including ionization potentials (IPs), electron affinities (EAs), reorganization energies (λ), triplet exciton generation fraction (χ(T)), spin density distributions (SD), and absorption spectra. These photoelectronic properties can be tuned by chemical modifications of the heteroatom and the carbazole substitution at different positions. This study provides theoretical insights into the nature of host molecules, and shows that the designed CzHFs can meet the requirements of the host materials for triplet emitters.