Charge Delocalization in Oligomers of Poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophene-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene) (PBTTT)

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• 作者：Yuexing Zhang ; Robert Steyrleuthner ; Jean-Luc Bredas
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 12, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：120
• 期：18
• 页码：9671-9677
• 全文大小：360K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1932-7455

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We investigate theoretically charge delocalization in radical cations, i.e., positive polarons, formed on oligomer chains of poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophene-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene) (PBTTT). We use nonempirically tuned range-separated density functionals (TRS-DFT), including LC-ωPBE, LC-BLYP, and ωB97XD. We consider the evolution with oligomer length of the molecular geometric and electronic structures, optical absorption features, and spin densities. The TRS-DFT results indicate that a positive polaron can delocalize ideally over some 10 thiophene rings when the backbone is nonplanar and up to 14 rings for a backbone forced to be completely planar. Interestingly, up to six polarons can coexist side-by-side in a hexamer (which contains 24 thiophene rings), which is consistent with the highest degrees of doping (oxidation) experimentally achievable in polythiophene derivatives.