Singlet Fission in Quinoidal Oligothiophenes
| Autor: | Igor Lyskov, Christel M. Marian, J. Dominik Spiegel, Nikolai Elfers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Chemistry
Exciton Multireference configuration interaction 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Potential energy 0104 chemical sciences Surfaces Coatings and Films Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials General Energy Excited state Singlet fission Density functional theory Singlet state Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Atomic physics 0210 nano-technology Ground state |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120:13901-13910 |
| ISSN: | 1932-7455 1932-7447 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02263 |
| Popis: | The electronic properties of quinoidal oligithiophenes make them interesting for applications in semiconductor technology. Because of their very large singlet–triplet splitting, they are promising candidates for singlet fission (SF), a process in which an initially excited singlet state is converted into two triplet excitons. Thus, the efficiency of solar cells could be increased to overcome the Shockley-Queisser limit. Here, we investigate the ability of a quinoidal bithiophene to undergo SF in solution. We calculated the ground state and low-lying excited states using a combined density functional theory and multireference configuration interaction approach including dispersion corrections. Potential energy curves along normal mode displacements were computed to detect avoided crossings between the initially excited bright singlet state and a dark doubly excited state which can be interpreted as a triplet pair overall coupled to a singlet 1(TT). The studied quinoidal bithiophene meets the energetic requ... |
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