Issue 32, 2021

Impact of vibronic coupling effects on light-driven charge transfer in pyrene-functionalized middle and large-sized metalloid gold nanoclusters from Ehrenfest dynamics

Abstract

Theoretical calculations are an effective strategy to complement and understand the experimental results in atomistic detail. Ehrenfest molecular dynamics simulations based on the real-time time-dependent density functional tight-binding (RT-TDDFTB) approach are performed to reveal for the first time the electron dynamics for the charge separation of pyrene-functionalized middle-sized Au70S20(PH3)16 and large-sized Au108S24(PR3)16 (R = H, CH3, C2H5, C6H5) clusters. The proposed mechanism uncovers an ultrafast and irreversible photoinduced charge transfer from the gold nanocluster (GNC) unit to the pyrene derivative in all cases. By a Fourier transform analysis of the dynamics, the effect of vibronic couplings is highlighted. The Au108S24(PPh3)15PPh2Pyr system exhibits the best performance for charge separation.

Graphical abstract: Impact of vibronic coupling effects on light-driven charge transfer in pyrene-functionalized middle and large-sized metalloid gold nanoclusters from Ehrenfest dynamics

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jun. 2021
Accepted
20 Jul. 2021
First published
20 Jul. 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 17129-17133

Impact of vibronic coupling effects on light-driven charge transfer in pyrene-functionalized middle and large-sized metalloid gold nanoclusters from Ehrenfest dynamics

A. Domínguez-Castro and T. Frauenheim, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 17129 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02890A

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