This paper is published in Volume-8, Issue-1, 2022
Area
Computational Chemistry
Author
Rina Muhammad Faisal, Rohini De Silva, K. M. Nalin De Silva
Org/Univ
University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Pub. Date
02 March, 2022
Paper ID
V8I1-1466
Publisher
Keywords
Density Functional Theory (DFT), Organic Photovoltaic (OPV), Fullerenes, Thiophens, SIESTA

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Rina Muhammad Faisal, Rohini De Silva, K. M. Nalin De Silva. Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations on fullerene/polymer blends for organic photovoltaic systems, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Rina Muhammad Faisal, Rohini De Silva, K. M. Nalin De Silva (2022). Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations on fullerene/polymer blends for organic photovoltaic systems. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 8(1) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Rina Muhammad Faisal, Rohini De Silva, K. M. Nalin De Silva. "Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations on fullerene/polymer blends for organic photovoltaic systems." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 8.1 (2022). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

This research uses computational simulations using SIESTA (Spanish Initiative for Electronic Simulations with Thousands of Atoms) package based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) to explore the free energies, interaction energies, relative stability, stability of bonds, and charges transfer abilities of Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) systems comprising of bis[methano- fullerene (6,6)-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester] (bisPCBM) as the acceptor and eight different donor polymers. The novel donor polymers are computationally designed based on poly[4,8-bis-substituted-benzo [1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene-2,6-diyl-alt-4-substituted-thieno[3, 4-b]thiophene-2,6-diyl] (PBDTTT) polymer, the main structural changes being the incorporation of Se and F atoms. From the results, it was clear that PCBM makes a wiser choice as the donor compared to bisPCBM for computer simulations. The influence of F atoms was observed in the stability of the system both energetically and structurally. The incorporation of Se negatively affects the feasibility of acceptor-donor interaction.