Cihat Güleryüz, Muhammad M. U. Rehman, Abrar U. Hassan, Zainab A. Abass, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Muddassar Zafar, Mohammed T. Alotaibi
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Abstract
In response to address the constraints of fullerene analogues, scientists are constantly working on developing low-cost fullerene-free functionalization for nanoscale organic photovoltaics. During the present study, the computational design and analysis of 14 new non-fullerene dyes (IDIC-O-1 to IDIC-O-14) centered on indacenodithiophene (IDIC) core are proposed with sp2-hybridized nitrogen at varying positions. Regarding their UV–visible assessment, several long-range and range-separated functionals like B3LYP, CAM-B3LYP, ωB97XD, and APFD using the 6-311G + (d,p) basis set have been employed to identify their optimal level of density functional theory (DFT) with an impressive correlation at the CAM-B3LYP level. Their global hardness (η) and global electrophilicity (ω) natures show their persistent nature. The energy gaps (Egaps) are lesser than IDIC and IDIC-O to imply an easier electronic transition. When contrasted to the IDIC-O, the findings indicate that its broad absorption spectrum had a redshift. The efficient HOMO → LUMO-based CT was investigated, and an open-circuit voltage (Voc) study is done on HOMOIDIC → LUMOAcceptor. All dyes have their Voc values lower than reference (IDIC-O) except IDIC-O-11 with a positive value. These lower reorganization energies (RE) for holes and electrons indicate a greater charge transfer (CT). When contrasted to the IDIC-O, the newly designed dyes have better characteristics for solar cell performance.
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he Journal of Computational Electronics brings together research on all aspects of modeling and simulation of modern electronics. This includes optical, electronic, mechanical, and quantum mechanical aspects, as well as research on the underlying mathematical algorithms and computational details. The related areas of energy conversion/storage and of molecular and biological systems, in which the thrust is on the charge transport, electronic, mechanical, and optical properties, are also covered.
In particular, we encourage manuscripts dealing with device simulation; with optical and optoelectronic systems and photonics; with energy storage (e.g. batteries, fuel cells) and harvesting (e.g. photovoltaic), with simulation of circuits, VLSI layout, logic and architecture (based on, for example, CMOS devices, quantum-cellular automata, QBITs, or single-electron transistors); with electromagnetic simulations (such as microwave electronics and components); or with molecular and biological systems. However, in all these cases, the submitted manuscripts should explicitly address the electronic properties of the relevant systems, materials, or devices and/or present novel contributions to the physical models, computational strategies, or numerical algorithms.
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