Issue 13, 2016

Rationally designed donor–acceptor scheme based molecules for applications in opto-electronic devices

Abstract

Several donor (D)–acceptor (A) based molecules are rationally designed by adopting three different schemes in which the conjugation length, strength of the donor and acceptor moieties, and planarity of the molecules are varied. These variations are made by introducing a π-conjugated linkage unit, terminating the ends of the moieties by different electron donating and accepting functional groups, and fusing the donor and acceptor moieties, respectively. Our DFT and TDDFT based calculations reveal that using the above-mentioned design schemes, the electronic and optical properties of the D–A based molecules can be largely tuned. While introduction of a linkage and fusing of moieties enhance the π–π interaction, addition of electron donating groups (–CH3, –OH, and –NH2) and electron accepting groups (–CF3, –CN, –NO2, and –NH3+) varies the strength of the donor and acceptor moieties. These factors lead to modulation of the HOMO and LUMO energy levels and facilitate the engineering of the HOMO–LUMO gap and the optical gap over a wide range of ∼0.7–3.7 eV. Moreover, on the basis of calculated ionization potential and reorganization energy, most of the investigated molecules are predicted to be air stable and to exhibit high electron mobility, with the possibility of the presence of ambipolar characteristics in a few of them. The results of our calculations not only demonstrate the examined molecules to be the potential materials for organic opto-electronic devices, but also establish an understanding of the composition–structure–property correlation, which will provide guidelines for designing and synthesizing new materials of choice.

Graphical abstract: Rationally designed donor–acceptor scheme based molecules for applications in opto-electronic devices

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Jan 2016
Accepted
23 Feb 2016
First published
25 Feb 2016

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 9133-9147

Author version available

Rationally designed donor–acceptor scheme based molecules for applications in opto-electronic devices

T. Subash Sundar, R. Sen and P. Johari, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 9133 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00367B

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