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Adnan M, Kashif M, Irshad Z, Hussain R, Darwish HW, Lim J. Advancing optoelectronic characteristics of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based molecules as donors for organic and as hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 320:124615. [PMID: 38906061 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.124615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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A stable and efficient hole-transport material (HTM) is crucial for high-performance perovskite solar cells (PSCs). A 2,2',7,7'-tetrakis[N,N-di(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]-9,9'-spirobifluorene (Spiro-MeOTAD) being used widely to prepare highly efficient PSCs. However, Spiro-MeOTAD has some limitations due to its complex synthesis, which increases its cost, and it also requires dopants to improve its performance. Therefore, we designed thirteen unique small-molecule-based HTMs (MK1-MK13), which are easy to synthesize, highly cost-effective, and don't require dopants to prepare efficient PSCs. Their electrical and optical properties are then investigated theoretically using advanced quantum chemical approaches. The designed molecules showed lower energy gaps and improved optical and optoelectronic characteristics because of the improved phase inversion geometry. The detailed photo-physical and optoelectronic characteristics have been studied using density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD-DFT) calculations. Moreover, we investigated the impact of holes and electrons and the density of states, open-circuit voltage, frontier molecular orbital, transition density matrix, and other structural and photovoltaic characteristics of these materials. Among these, the MK3 molecule possesses the much narrower optical band gap of 1.04 eV and absorbance (λ max) of 684 nm, respectively. In addition, a profound investigation of the MK3/PC61BM blend shows excellent charge transfer at the acceptor-donor interface. Therefore, our proposed technique is necessary for generating appropriate photovoltaic materials for efficient optoelectronic devices and is helpful in further advancing the field.
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- Muhammad Adnan
- Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, 56300, Pakistan
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- Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, 56300, Pakistan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
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Mulla BBA, Nesaragi AR, M MPK, Kamble RR, Sidarai AH. Exploration of Coumarin Derivative: Experimental and Computational Modeling for Dipole Moment Estimation and Thermal Sensing Application. J Fluoresc 2024; 34:1719-1735. [PMID: 37597135 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-023-03364-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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The Optical properties of the FBTC (1-((4-((5-chlorobenzo[d]oxazol-2-ylthio)methyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)methyl)-3H-benzo[f]chromen-3-one) molecule were studied experimentally and theoretically. The spectra of absorption and fluorescence were recorded in various solvents to explore their Solvatochromic behavior and dipole moment at room temperature. To determine the ground and excited state of dipole moment experimentally and theoretically, we employed different Solvatochromic techniques, including microscopic solvent polarity functions developed by Lippert, Bakhshiev, Kawaski-Chamma-Viallet, and Reichardt's, as well as density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) methods. The stability of the excited state dipole moment in FBTC is higher. Using prime functional, FBTC was optimized in its ground state, and its HOMO (Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital) and LUMO (Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital), energies were estimated. These values were then compared with those obtained through cyclic voltammetry. Based on the HOMO and LUMO values given, we calculated the global reactivity parameter and energy gap, which was found to be low at 3.77 eV. This study also includes an estimation of electron absorption energies and oscillator strength. Natural population analysis (NPA), Milliken atomic charge, and molecular electrostatic potential (MESP) map are correlated. In addition, FBTC exhibited exceptional physiological temperature sensing behaviour from 20 °C -65 °C with high relative sensitivity and firm stability. Hence these results confirm that FBTC is a potential candidate for photonic devices and it's also applicable in optical temperature sensing.
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- Bi Bi Ayisha Mulla
- Department of Studies in Physics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580003, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Nano and Material Science, Jain (Deemed-to-Be University), Jain Global Campus, Kanakapura, Bangalore, 562112, Karnatak, India
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- Vijayanagara Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Bellary, 583105, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580003, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Studies in Physics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580003, Karnataka, India.
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Vasić J, Dimić D, Antonijević M, Avdović EH, Milenković D, Nakarada Đ, Dimitrić Marković J, Molnar M, Lončarić M, Bešlo D, Marković Z. The Electronic Effects of 3-Methoxycarbonylcoumarin Substituents on Spectral, Antioxidant, and Protein Binding Properties. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11820. [PMID: 37511579 PMCID: PMC10380446 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Coumarin derivatives are a class of compounds with pronounced biological activities that depend primarily on the present substituents. Four 3-methoxycarbonylcoumarin derivatives with substituents of different electron-donating/electron-withdrawing abilities (Br, NO2, OH, and OMe) were investigated structurally by NMR, IR, and UV-VIS spectroscopies and density functional theory methods. The appropriate level of theory (B3LYP-D3BJ/6-311++G(d,p) was selected after comparing similar compounds' experimental and theoretical structural parameters. The natural bond orbital and quantum theory of atoms in molecules were employed to investigate the intramolecular interactions governing stability. The electronic effects of substituents mostly affected the aromatic ring that the substituents are directly attached to. The antioxidant properties were investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy towards HO•, and the percentages of reduction were between 13% (6-Br) and 23% (6-OMe). The protein binding properties towards transport proteins were assessed by spectrofluorimetry, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics (MD). The experimentally determined binding energies were well reproduced by molecular docking, showing that the spontaneity of ibuprofen binding was comparable to the investigated compounds. The flexibility of HSA in MD simulations depended on the substituents. These results proved the importance of electronic effects for the protein binding affinities and antioxidant properties of coumarin derivatives.
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- Jelena Vasić
- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, Jovana Cvijica bb, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, Jovana Cvijica bb, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, Jovana Cvijica bb, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Ecology, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Franje Kuhača 18, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Ecology, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Franje Kuhača 18, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
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- Department of Agroecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimir Prelog 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
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- Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac, University of Kragujevac, Jovana Cvijica bb, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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Rasool A, Basha B, Elmushyakhi A, Hossain I, Rehman AU, Ans M. Tuning the optoelectronic properties of acridine-triphenylamine (ACR-TPA) based novel hole transporting material for high efficiency perovskite and organic solar cell. J Mol Graph Model 2023; 123:108526. [PMID: 37263156 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2023.108526] [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: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this research, five distinct small donor molecules (designated as ACR-TPA-X1, ACR-TPA-X2, ACR-TPA-X3, ACR-TPA-X4, ACR-TPA-X5) are constructed by replacing the methoxy groups on both sides of the model molecule (ACR-TPA-R) with thiophene bridged acceptor moieties. We have used the B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) model for our computational studies. Our model molecule's morphological alteration has resulted in a lowered Eg of 1.77-2.51 eV as compared to model (ACR-TPA-R=3.84 eV). ACR-TPA-X2 investigated the λmax at 776 nm. ACR-TPA-X4 was found to be most miscible with dichloromethane (DCM). The greatest VOC(1.21 eV) was observed in ACR-TPA-X1. Among all of the variants, ACR-TPA-X1 had the highest PCE (23.42%). It was found that ACR-TPA-X4 had the highest electron mobility (0.00370 eV) and ACR-TPA-X5 had the highest hole mobility (0.00324 eV) of all the materials examined. The findings prove the worth of the methods used, paving the way for the development of effective small donors for OSCs and HTMs for PSCs.
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- Alvina Rasool
- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620000, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan.
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Rasool A, Ans M, El Maati LA, Abdelmohsen SAM, Alotaibi BM, Iqbal J. Designing of anthracene-arylamine hole transporting materials for organic and perovskite solar cells. J Mol Graph Model 2023; 122:108464. [PMID: 37087884 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2023.108464] [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: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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This study focuses on the creation of 5 small donor molecules (A102W1-A102W5) by substituting the one-sided methoxy group of model (A102R) with different thiophene bridged acceptor moieties. B3LYP/6-31**G (d,p) model has been employed for computational analysis. The best miscibility was found for A102W3 in dichloromethane (DCM) solvent, where its λmax was also found to be at 753 nm, its Eg was found to be 1.55 eV as well as dipole moment in DCM was 21.47 D. The percentage of PCE among all the variants was greatest for A102W2 (25.31%). The electron reorganization energy shown by A102W4 was 0.00470 eV, whereas the hole reorganization energy investigated in A102W2 was 0.00586 eV representing their maximum electron and hole mobility respectively amongst all. Results validate the value of specified techniques, opening a new door to create efficient small donors for OSCs and HTMs for PSCs.
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- Alvina Rasool
- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan; Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia
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Paramasivam G, Sambasivam S, Kumar Ravva M. Designing Donor‐Acceptor‐Donor (D‐A‐D) Type Molecules for Efficient Hole‐Transporting in Perovskite Solar Cells – A DFT Study. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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- Ganesan Paramasivam
- Department of Chemistry SRM University – AP 522240 Guntur Andhra Pradesh India
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- National Water and Energy Center United Arab Emirates University 15551 Al Ain UAE
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- Department of Chemistry SRM University – AP 522240 Guntur Andhra Pradesh India
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Yi C, Yan F, Wei X, Wu Y, Wang X, Xu J. Design and characterization of high performance fluorescent probe for neutral red based on fluorescein monoaldol-3-acetyl coumarin. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Novel thiourea derivative compounds: thermal behavior, biological evaluation, Hirshfeld surfaces and frontier orbitals analyses, in silico ADMET profiling and molecular docking studies. J Mol Struct 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alshaye NA, Ibrahim MA. Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of the novel chromenopyridothiazolopyrimidines and chromenopyridopyrimidothiazolo-pyrimidines. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2023.2172684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Najla A. Alshaye
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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A. Ibrahim M, A. Alshaye N. Synthesis and Characterization of Some Novel Heteroannulated Chromeno[4,3-b]quinolines. HETEROCYCLES 2023. [DOI: 10.3987/com-22-14770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Rani S, Al-Zaqri N, Iqbal J, Akram SJ, Boshaala A, Mehmood RF, Saeed MU, Rashid EU, Khera RA. Designing dibenzosilole core based, A 2-π-A 1-π-D-π-A 1-π-A 2 type donor molecules for promising photovoltaic parameters in organic photovoltaic cells. RSC Adv 2022; 12:29300-29318. [PMID: 36320777 PMCID: PMC9558076 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05934g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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In this research work, four new molecules from the π-A-π-D-π-A-π type reference molecule "DBS-2PP", were designed for their potential application in organic solar cells by adding peripheral A2 acceptors to the reference. Under density functional theory, a comprehensive theoretical investigation was conducted to examine the structural geometries, along with the optical and photovoltaic parameters; comprising frontier molecular orbitals, density of states, light-harvesting effectiveness, excitation, binding, and reorganizational energies, molar absorption coefficient, dipole moment, as well as transition density matrix of all the molecules under study. In addition, some photo-voltaic characteristics (open circuit photo-voltage and fill factor) were also studied for these molecules. Although all the developed compounds (D1-D4) surpassed the reference molecule in the attributes mentioned above, D4 proved to be the best. D4 possessed the narrowest band-gap, as well as the highest absorption maxima and dipole moment of all the molecules in both the evaluated phases. Moreover, with PC61BM as the acceptor, D4 showed the maximum V OC and FF values. Furthermore, while D3 had the greatest hole mobility owing to its lowest value of hole reorganization energy, D4 exhibited the maximum electron mobility due to its lowermost value of electron reorganization energy. Overall, all the chromophores proposed in this study showed outstanding structural, optical, and photovoltaic features. Considering this, organic solar cell fabrication can be improved by using these newly derived donors at the donor-acceptor interfaces.
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- Saima Rani
- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad 38000 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad 38000 Pakistan
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Bahrain Zallaq Bahrain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad 38000 Pakistan
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- Research Centre, Manchester Salt & Catalysis Unit C, 88-90 Chorlton Rd M15 4AN Manchester UK
- Libyan Authority for Scientific Research P. O. Box 80045 Tripoli Libya
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- Department of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Township Lahore 54770 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad 38000 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad 38000 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad 38000 Pakistan
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Moharana M, Pattanayak SK, Khan F. Computational efforts to identify natural occurring compounds from phyllanthus niruri that target hepatitis B viral infections: DFT, docking and dynamics simulation study. J INDIAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2022.100662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Khalid I, Khera RA, Ali S, Shahid M. Design, synthesis, and comparative study of optoelectronic properties of arylated triazine-based sulfanilamide derivatives through Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. J Mol Model 2022; 28:44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-022-05027-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Rasool A, Zahid S, Ans M, Muhammad S, Ayub K, Iqbal J. Bithieno Thiophene-Based Small Molecules for Application as Donor Materials for Organic Solar Cells and Hole Transport Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:844-862. [PMID: 35036751 PMCID: PMC8757340 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This quantum mechanical study focuses on the designing of twelve (MPAM1-MPAM12) bithieno thiophene (BTTI) central core-based small molecules to explore optoelectronic properties as donor candidates for organic solar cells (OSCs) and hole transport materials (HTMs) accompanied by enhanced charge mobility for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). MPAM1-MPAM6 have been designed by the substitution of thiophene-bridged end-capped acceptors on both side terminals of reference (MPAR). MPAM7-MPAM12 are tailored by adopting the same tactic on one side terminal only. MPW1PW91/6-311G (d,p) has been employed for all computational simulations. MPAM12 revealed the highest λmax at 639 nm in dichloromethane (DCM) solvent with the lowest E g of 1.78 eV and dipole moment (20.74 D) in the solvent phase, showing excellent miscibility as compared to the reference. All designed chromophores (MPAM1-MPAM12) demonstrated higher estimated V OC and power conversion efficiency (PCE) when compared to MPAR, suggesting their prominent operational efficiency. Among all, MPAM4 manifested the highest PCE (47.86%). MPAM2 portrayed the highest electron mobility (0.0041573 eV) and MPAM3 exhibited the highest hole mobility (0.0047178 eV). The outcomes highlight the adequacy of the planned strategies, paving a new route for the development of small-molecule HTMs for PSCs and donor contributors for OSCs.
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- Alvina Rasool
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid
University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Chemistry, COMSAT University, Abbottabad Campus, KPK, Islamabad 22060, Pakistan
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
- Punjab
Bio-energy Institute, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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A. Ibrahim M, A. Alshaye N. 4-Amino-3-formylcoumarin as Building Block for Construction of Novel Heteroannulated Coumarins: Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Evaluation. HETEROCYCLES 2022. [DOI: 10.3987/com-22-14748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Designing and theoretical study of fluorinated small molecule donor materials for organic solar cells. J Mol Model 2021; 27:216. [PMID: 34212225 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-021-04831-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A recently synthesized photoactive donor named fluorinated thienyl-substituted benzodithiophene (DRTB-FT), modified with four novel end capped acceptor molecules, has been investigated through different electrical, quantum, and spectrochemical techniques for its enhanced electro-optical and photovoltaic properties. DRTB-FT was connected to 2-methylenemalononitrile (D-1), 2-methylene-3-oxobutanenitrile (D-2), 2-(2-methylene-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ylidene) malononitrile (D-3), and 3-methyl-5methylene-2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one (D-4) as terminal acceptor moieties. The architectural D-1 and D-3 molecules owe reduced optical band gap of 2.45 and 2.28 eV benefited from A-D-A configuration and have broaden maximum absorption band (λmax) at 617 and 602 nm in polar organic solvent (chloroform). Reduced optical band gap sets the ease for enhanced absorption. Reorganization energy of electron (λe) of D-3 molecule (0.00397 eV) was smaller among all which disclosed its greater mobility of conducting electrons (ICT). Larger values of dipole moment (μ) of D-1 (5.939 Debye) and D-3 (3.661 Debye) molecules in comparison to R indicated greater solubilities of the targeted molecules. Among the tailored molecules, D-3 showed the lowest binding energy of 0.25 eV in solvent phase and 0.08 eV in gaseous phase. The voltaic strength of the designed molecules was examined with respect to fullerene derivative (PC61BM) which exposed that D-1 is the best choice for achieving higher PCE. TDM (transition density matrix), DOS (density of states) analysis, and binding energies all were estimated at MPW1PW91/6-31G (d, p) level of DFT (density functional theory). All the architecture molecules show reduced band gap and high electron transfer rate due to the lowest reorganization energy (RE) of electron. The results show that there is greater contribution of acceptor and conjugated donor core towards the total absorption into the visible region of the spectrum. When tailored molecules D-1, D-2, D-3, and D-4 were blended with fullerene derivative polymer (PC61BM), they give high values of voltage at zero current level (Voc) compared to R.
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