UV-to-IR Absorption of Molecularly p-Doped Polythiophenes with Alkyl and Oligoether Side Chains: Experiment and Interpretation Based on Density Functional Theory
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2020

The UV-to-IR transitions in p-doped poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) with alkyl side chains and polar polythiophene with tetraethylene glycol side chains are studied experimentally by means of the absorption spectroscopy and computationally using density functional theory (DFT) and tight-binding DFT. The evolution of electronic structure is calculated as the doping level is varied, while the roles of dopant ions, chain twisting, and ∝-πstacking are also considered, each of these having the effect of broadening the absorption peaks while not significantly changing their positions. The calculated spectra are found to be in good agreement with experimental spectra obtained for the polymers doped with a molybdenum dithiolene complex. As in other DFT studies of doped conjugated polymers, the electronic structure and assignment of optical transitions that emerge are qualitatively different from those obtained through earlier "traditional"approaches. In particular, the two prominent bands seen for the p-doped materials are present for both polarons and bipolarons/polaron pairs. The lowest energy of these transitions is due to excitation from the valence band to a spin-resolved orbitals located in the gap between the bands. The higher-energy band is a superposition of excitation from the valence band to a spin-resolved orbitals in the gap and an excitation between bands.

Författare

Ihor Sahalianov

Linköpings universitet

Jonna Hynynen

Kemisk apparatteknik

Stephen Barlow

Georgia Institute of Technology

Seth R. Marder

Georgia Institute of Technology

Christian Müller

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Igor Zozoulenko

Linköpings universitet

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

1520-6106 (ISSN) 1520-5207 (eISSN)

Vol. 124 49 11280-11293

Dubbel Dopning av Halvledande Polymerer

Vetenskapsrådet (VR) (2018-03824), 2018-01-01 -- 2021-12-31.

Ämneskategorier

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

Teoretisk kemi

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c08757

PubMed

33237790

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