Computational Molecular Nanoscience Study of the Properties of Copper Complexes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

In this work, we studied a copper complex-based dye, which is proposed for potential photovoltaic applications and is named Cu (I) biquinoline dye. Results of electron affinities and ionization potentials have been used for the correlation between different levels of calculation used in this study,...

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Autores: MARIO DANIEL GLOSSMAN MITNIK, NORMA ROSARIO FLORES HOLGUIN, JOSE DE JESUS BALDENEBRO LOREDO
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados
Repositorio:Fuente de Objetos Científicos Open Access del CIMAV
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:cimav.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1004/308
Acceso en línea:http://cimav.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1004/308
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/molecular structure; absorption spectra; polarizability; chemical reactivity; dipole moment; copper complex; dye-sensitized
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/23
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Sumario:In this work, we studied a copper complex-based dye, which is proposed for potential photovoltaic applications and is named Cu (I) biquinoline dye. Results of electron affinities and ionization potentials have been used for the correlation between different levels of calculation used in this study, which are based on The Density Functional Theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD) DFT. Further, the maximum absorption wavelengths of our theoretical calculations were compared with the experimental data. It was found that the M06/LANL2DZ + DZVP level of calculation provides the best approximation. This level of calculation was used to find the optimized molecular structure and to predict the main molecular vibrations, the molecular orbitals energies, dipole moment, isotropic polarizability and the chemical reactivity parameters that arise from Conceptual DFT.