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Ahmed M, Malhotra SS, Yadav O, Monika, Saini C, Sharma N, Gupta MK, Mohapatra RK, Ansari A. DFT and TDDFT exploration on electronic transitions and bonding aspect of DPA and PTDC ligated transition metal complexes. J Mol Model 2024; 30:122. [PMID: 38570356 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-024-05912-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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CONTEXT In this study, we have investigated the structure, reactivity, bonding, and electronic transitions of DPA and PDTC along with their Ni-Zn complexes using DFT/TD-DFT methods. The energy gap between the frontier orbitals was computed to understand the reactivity pattern of the ligands and metal complexes. From the energies of FMO's, the global reactivity descriptors such as electron affinity, ionization potential, hardness (η), softness (S), chemical potential (μ), electronegativity (χ), and electrophilicity index (ω) have been calculated. The complexes show a strong NLO properties due to easily polarization as indicated by the narrow HOMO-LUMO gap. The polarizability and hyperpolarizabilities of the complexes indicate that they are good candidates for NLO materials. Molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) maps identified electrophilic and nucleophilic sites on the surfaces of the complexes. TDDFT and NBO analyses provided insights into electronic transitions, bonding, and stabilizing interactions within the studied complexes. DPA and PDTC exhibited larger HOMO-LUMO gaps and more negative electrostatic potentials compared to their metal complexes suggesting the higher reactivity. Ligands (DPA and PDTC) had absorption spectra in the range of 250 nm to 285 nm while their complexes spanned 250 nm to 870 nm. These bands offer valuable information on electronic transitions, charge transfer and optical behavior. This work enhances our understanding of the electronic structure and optical properties of these complexes. METHODS Gaussian16 program was used for the optimization of all the compounds. B3LYP functional in combination with basis sets, such as LanL2DZ for Zn, Ni and Cu while 6-311G** for other atoms like C, H, O, N, and S was used. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis is carried out to find out how the filled orbital of one sub-system interacts with the empty orbital of another sub-system. The ORCA software is used for computing spectral features along with the zeroth order regular approximation method (ZORA) to observe its relativistic effects. TD-DFT study is carried out to calculate the excitation energy by using B3LYP functional.
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- Mukhtar Ahmed
- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 123031, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 123031, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 123031, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 123031, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 123031, India
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- Life Science, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110003, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 123031, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, Odisha, 758002, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, 123031, India.
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Atiq K, Iqbal MMA, Hassan T, Hussain R. An efficient end-capped engineering of pyrrole-based acceptor molecules for high-performance organic solar cells. J Mol Model 2023; 30:13. [PMID: 38103081 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05799-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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CONTEXT Various innovative molecules have been designed and explored for use in organic photovoltaics. In this study, we devised novel molecules (KZ1-KZ7) specifically for organic solar cells (OSCs). The newly formulated acceptor compounds possess a lower bandgap (Eg = 1.85-2.02), along with bathochromic shift (λmax = 713-788 nm) compared to the reference (Eg = 2.04 eV and λmax = 774 nm). Moreover, the FMO results identified the distinct charge transfer from HOMO to LUMO, which was strongly corroborated by the TDM maps. Similarly, the new designed molecules show less excitation energy (Ex = 1.31-1.54(gas)) than reference (Ex = 1.72). Likewise, all designed molecules (KZ1-KZ7) have demonstrated an analogous open circuit voltage (Voc) with the donor polymer PTB7-Th. All seven designed molecules (KZ1-KZ7) exhibited more fill factor ranging from 97.08 to 97.29 than reference 95.25 and PCE of between 8 and 20% at short circuit current densities of 9, 12, and 15 mA cm-2. Overall, the findings support that designed molecules can be potential molecules for future practical applications. METHODS Geometric calculations were conducted with Gaussian 09W software, and the findings were visualized using Gauss View software. DFT and TD-DFT were employed to evaluate various parameters for R and designed molecules (KZ1-KZ7). Firstly, four functionals including B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP, MPW1PW91, and ωB97XD with 6-31G(d,p) DFT level were applied to R to decide the best level for results. After appropriate analysis, the MPW1PW91/6-31G(d,p) was selected for further examination by comparing the experimental and DFT-based absorption graphs of R. External and internal reorganization energy are the two main factors contributing to reorganization energy. External energy refers to changes in external environment, while internal energy deals with information related to internal geometrical symmetry or the internal environment. The effect of outside factors or external reorganizational energy is omitted because it creates too little change.
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- Kainat Atiq
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, 56300, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, 56300, Pakistan.
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Kouchakzadeh G, Mahmoudzadeh G. The Pseudo Jahn-Teller effect and NBO analysis for untangling the symmetry breaking in the planar configurations of M 2X 4+ (M = Si, Ge and X = Cl, Br, I): effect on electronic structure and chemical properties. J Mol Model 2023; 30:1. [PMID: 38052766 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-023-05792-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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CONTEXT The Pseudo Jahn- Teller effect is a significant tool for evaluating molecular distortion and symmetry breaking. The PJT effect associated with NBO analysis can be a powerful method for studying the structural properties variations arising from D2h → C2h distortions. The theoretical studies on Si2X4+ and Ge2X4+ radical cations have been rare. The calculations have shown that C2h non-planar structures are more stable than planar structures with D2h symmetry. The [Formula: see text] PJTE problem of M2X4+ compounds is a result of the coupling between the ground B3u state and the exited B1u state in the Qb2g direction causes. Also, the difference in M and X atoms can affect the PJT instability of compounds. The findings of this work show that the energy gap between the ground and excited states that have D2h symmetry decreases from M2Cl4+ to M2I4+ and increases from Si2X4+ to Ge2X4+. In fact, there is a significant relationship between instability of high-symmetry configurations, geometric parameters, electron delocalization, chemical hardness, electronegativity, electrophilicity index, and PJT stabilization energies. These results may serve to evaluate the distortion of similar systems. METHODS The structures of Si2X4+ and Ge2X4+ are optimized by LC-BLYP, M06-2X, and B3LYP methods with def2-TZVPP basis set in GAMESS software. The details of the excited states of compounds are studied by the TD-DFT method. NBO analysis for planar and non-planar structures is carried out at B3LYP/def2-TZVPP level by the NBO 5. G program that demonstrates HOMO, LUMO, ED, bonding and antibonding orbital occupancies, bond order, and E2.
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- Ghazaleh Kouchakzadeh
- Department of Chemistry, Khorramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad, Iran.
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Kumar M, Ansari M, Ansari A. Electronic, geometrical and photophysical facets of five coordinated porphyrin N-heterocyclic carbene transition metals complexes: A theoretical study. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 284:121774. [PMID: 36081194 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the realm of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), the 3d transition metals as photosensitizers are scarcely studied. In the present work, electronic structures, FMO, MEP surfaces, NBO analysis, energetics and photophysical properties of earth abundant metals (Mn, Fe and Co) based metalloporphyrins coordinated with NHC-carbene have been explored by using DFT and TDDFT calculations. According to formation energies and energy decomposition analysis (EDA), the cobalt based metalloporphyrins species are found to be more stable while in contrast manganese based species are predicted as more reactive among all. Also, from the ligation point of view, the TPP (meso-tetraphenylporphyrin) ligand forms more steady and rigid coordination as compare to the TTP (meso-tetratolylporphyrin) ligand. FMO analysis also support these observations. NBO and SNO results support the electronic configurations as well as unveil the controversial bonding pattern of NHCcarbon and metal atom and found that there is σ-bonding present between the metal and the NHCcarbon by the overlapping of sp-hybridized orbitals of carbenecarbon and sp/d hybrid orbital of the metal atom. TDDFT results show that the highest light harvesting efficiency (LHE) of all the studied species is found under the range of 360 nm - 380 nm (λ) and this may due to the presence of longer π-conjugations. In-depth investigation of this work may help to design new robust energy harvesting systems for high energy conversion efficiency based on earth abundance metals. Our results are in well agreement with the available experimental findings.
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- Manjeet Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh 123031, India
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- Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh 123031, India.
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Tale Moghim M, Jamehbozorgi S, Rezvani M, Ramezani M. Computational investigation on the geometry and electronic structures and absorption spectra of metal-porphyrin-oligo- phenyleneethynylenes-[60] fullerene triads. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 280:121488. [PMID: 35759932 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this work, we focus our attention on the influence of 2nd-row transition metals on the structural geometries, electronic structures, and absorption characteristics of porphyrin linked with the C60 fullerene with oligo-p-phenyleneethynylenes (MP-C60-oligo-PPEs) compounds. The DFT/B3PW91-D3 and CAM-B3LYP-D3/6-31G (d) calculations revealed that various metals embedded within the porphyrin moiety give different bridge conformations and different HOMO-LUMO energy levels. We calculate the UV-Vis spectra and absorption parameters using the time-dependent ZINDO/S approach. Our findings indicate that all the compounds have enhanced absorptions in the visible light range, and their molecular orbital energies adopt the condition of sensitizers. However, all of the complexes except down spin states exhibit considerably charge spatial separation. The results suggest that the ZnP-C60-oligo-PPEs triad can meet the necessary conditions of the sensitizer of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) in comparison with other counterparts and could be an optimum triad compound for potential application in photovoltaic devices.
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- Masoud Tale Moghim
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
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Manipulation of flexible carbon cloths for stable and efficient catalysts in dye-sensitized solar cells. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mohammed HA, Sert Y, Albayati MR, Dege N, Şen F. Structure Elucidation, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis, Molecular Docking and Computational Studies of a Jahn-Teller Distorted Octahedral Cobalt (II) Complex with Saccharin Ligand. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2022.2089702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Hasan A. Mohammed
- Department of Chemistry, College of Education, Kirkuk University, Kirkuk, Iraq
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- Sorgun Vocational High School, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Education, Kirkuk University, Kirkuk, Iraq
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
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- Sorgun Vocational High School, Yozgat Bozok University, Yozgat, Turkey
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Chu ZQ, Siddiqui MK, Manzoor S, Kirmani SAK, Hanif MF, Muhammad MH. On Rational Curve Fitting between Topological Indices and Entropy Measures for Graphite Carbon Nitride. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2022.2048034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Zheng-Qing Chu
- General Education Department, Anhui Xinhua University, Hefei, P.R. China
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University, Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
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- Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan
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- College of Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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