Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196151
Keywords
PdPc(Im)(4); band gap energy; DFT; atomic-scale simulation; thin films
Funding
- Deanship of Scientific Research at UmmAlQura University [22UQU4331172DSR05]
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In this study, the optical properties of tetra(imidazole) of palladium phthalocyanine (PdPc(Im)(4)) in solution and thin film forms were investigated using thermal evaporation technique. The optical band gap was evaluated using UV-Vis spectroscopy and the Tauc graph method. Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) was used to simulate the UV-Vis absorption spectrum in solution phase. The experimental and DFT-simulated values of the band gap were compared, and a strategy for regulating the energy band gap was proposed. The surface study of the thin films on FTO substrates showed good homogeneity.
In this work, the optical properties of tetra(imidazole) of palladium phthalocyanine (PdPc(Im)(4)) in solution form and thin films on glass and fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates were investigated via the thermal evaporation technique. The optical band gap was evaluated by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis). The energy band gap values were determined based on the Tauc graph. In addition, time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) was used to simulate the UV-Vis absorption spectrum of the (PdPc(Im)(4)) molecule in the Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) solution phase. A good correlation was found between the DFT results and the experimental optical results. The band gap values between the experimental and DFT-simulated values are presented. The energy band gap of (PdPc(Im)(4)) obtained from the DFT calculations showed that it can be efficiently regulated. Frontier molecular orbitals and molecular electrostatic potentials were also proposed in this work. The surface study of the layers deposited on FTO was considered by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the results demonstrated good homogeneity covering the entire surface. The SEM image showed a homogeneous distribution of the grains with some spherical or rod-shaped structures and no agglomeration structures. This work rendered a strategy for regulating the energy band gap and compared the experimental observations obtained with theoretical studies, which provides a fundamental insight into the optical band for optoelectronic and thin-film solar cells.
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