Non-adiabatic excited-state molecular dynamics: Theory and applications for modeling photophysics in extended molecular materials

TR Nelson, AJ White, JA Bjorgaard, AE Sifain… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Optically active molecular materials, such as organic conjugated polymers and biological
systems, are characterized by strong coupling between electronic and vibrational degrees of …

The Bethe–Salpeter equation in chemistry: relations with TD-DFT, applications and challenges

X Blase, I Duchemin, D Jacquemin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We review the many-body Green's function Bethe–Salpeter equation (BSE) formalism that is
rapidly gaining importance for the study of the optical properties of molecular organic …

Synergistic modification of end groups in Quinoxaline fused core-based acceptor molecule to enhance its photovoltaic characteristics for superior organic solar cells

S Sadiq, M Waqas, A Zahoor, RF Mehmood… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The competence of organic solar cells (OSCs) could be enhanced by improving the light
absorption capabilities as well as the open-circuit voltage (V oc) of utilized molecules. To …

Tuning the optoelectronic properties of Subphthalocyanine (SubPc) derivatives for photovoltaic applications

A Farhat, RA Khera, S Iqbal, J Iqbal - Optical Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In the quest of enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE) and device performance of
small molecule based organic solar cells, four new acceptor-donor-acceptor (ADA) type …

NEXMD software package for nonadiabatic excited state molecular dynamics simulations

W Malone, B Nebgen, A White, Y Zhang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a versatile new code released for open community use, the nonadiabatic excited
state molecular dynamics (NEXMD) package. This software aims to simulate nonadiabatic …

A DFT study for improving the photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells by designing symmetric non-fullerene acceptors by quantum chemical modification on …

A Zahoor, S Sadiq, RA Khera, M Essid, Z Aloui… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Minimizing the energy loss and improving the open circuit voltage of organic solar cells is
still a primary concern for scientists working in this field. With the aim to enhance the …

Investigating the impact of end-capped acceptor alterations to dimethyl fluorene-based hole transporting material for perovskite solar cells

R Sharafat, A Basharat, U Salma, J Iqbal… - Journal of Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hole-transporting materials (HTMs) could boost the proficiency of third generation-
perovskite solar cells since they have ultrafast charge mobility that improves optoelectronic …

Simple protocol for capturing both linear-response and state-specific effects in excited-state calculations with continuum solvation models

CA Guido, A Chrayteh, G Scalmani… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We present an effective computational protocol (cLR2) to describe both solvatochromism
and fluorosolvatochromism. This protocol, which couples the polarizable continuum model …

Tuning the optoelectronic properties of scaffolds by using variable central core unit and their photovoltaic applications

M Rafiq, RA Khera, M Salim, M Khalid, K Ayub… - Chemical Physics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Central core modification is convenient strategy to adjust the optoelectronic properties that
allows significant utilization of small fullerene free donor materials in photovoltaic …

Electronic excitations in solution: the interplay between state specific approaches and a time-dependent density functional theory description

CA Guido, D Jacquemin, C Adamo… - Journal of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We critically analyze the performances of continuum solvation models when coupled to time-
dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) to predict solvent effects on both absorption …