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In silico design of organic p–n junction diodes using quantum chemical calculations

Author: Shamoon Ahmad Siddiqui

Published in: Journal of Computational Electronics | Issue 1/2020

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To design suitable organic p–n junction diodes, modeling and simulation were performed for three donor–bridge–acceptor moieties using density functional theory. Three electron donor species namely TTF, DPh-BTBT and BEDT-TTF were connected to the electron acceptor TCNQ moiety through an insulating σ bridge. The low HOMO–LUMO energy gap for these modeled species indicates that there is a good semiconducting route for electron transport between donor and acceptor moieties via an insulating bridge. The electric field was applied from donor to acceptor and from acceptor to donor moieties to further investigate the possible direction of charge transport. It has been observed that the HOMO–LUMO gap shrinks when the electric field direction is from donor to acceptor species and increases when the electric field direction is from acceptor to donor moieties.

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Title: In silico design of organic p–n junction diodes using quantum chemical calculations
Author: Shamoon Ahmad Siddiqui
Publication date: 28-01-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Computational Electronics / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1569-8025
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-020-01447-z

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