
Effect of the phenoxy groups on PDIB and its derivatives
Author(s) -
Peng Song,
Baijie Guan,
Qiao Zhou,
Meiyu Zhao,
Jindou Huang,
Fang Ma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
scientific reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.24
H-Index - 213
ISSN - 2045-2322
DOI - 10.1038/srep35555
Subject(s) - steric effects , ionization , substituent , electron affinity (data page) , ionization energy , stacking , adiabatic process , chemistry , electron mobility , affinities , molecule , electron , benzene , absorption (acoustics) , crystallography , computational chemistry , stereochemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , ion , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , composite material
The anisotropic hole and electron mobilities in N , N ′-3,4,9,10-perylenediimide-1,7-phenoxy (PDIB-2OPh) and N , N ʹ-3,4,9,10-perylenediimide (PDIB) were theoretically predicted using the Marcus–Hush theory. The substituent effect of phenoxy on their mobility rates, absorption spectra, electron affinities, and ionization potentials was explored. By comparing the simulated hole mobility in PDIB and PDIB-2OPh, it is found that the phenoxy rings act as spacers between adjacent stacking columns in the phenoxy-substituted derivatives. The increasement of the number of benzene oxygen groups leads to the absorption spectra red-shift of these molecular systems. This coincides with their change tendency of the adiabatic ionization potentials, vertical ionization potentials. However, the calculated adiabatic electron affinities and vertical electron affinities of N , N ′-butyl-3,4,9,10-perylenediimide-1,6,7,12-phenoxy (PDIB-4OPh) are larger than those of PDIB;OPh. The steric effect in PDIB-4OPh is expected to cause space reversal and thus to changes in the properties of the molecule.