作者：Kun Gong, JieqiongYang, Thomas T. Testoff, Wei Li, Dongzhi Liu, Xueqin Zhou, Lichang Wang
关键字：Electronically excited state, Organic small molecule, Triphenylamine derivatives, Stability, TD-DFT, (E)/(Z)-isomerization
论文来源：期刊
具体来源：Chemical Physics
发表时间：2021年
Information on the structures and stabilities of electronically excited organic small molecules is critically important for their many applications. In this work, we report the results of excited state structures and stabilities of eight triphenylamine-based molecules from density functional theory calculations. Four functionals, B3LYP, M06-2X, CAM-B3LYP, and ωB97X-D were tested and comparisons with the experimental fluorescence spectra show that B3LYP is a feasible choice. The results illustrated that functionalization of 4-vinyl-N,N-di(p-tolyl)aniline (MTPA) with electron donating groups enhances the Csingle bondC bond conjugation in the excited state while that with strong electron withdrawing groups does not. With the increase in the electron-withdrawing ability of the substituent, the structural stability of the excited state is relatively independent of the functional groups if the molecule does not form charge separated states. These results will be very helpful for their applications in molecular engineering and rational design of organic photovoltaic materials.