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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
卷 12, 期 20, 页码 7012-7022出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01268a
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Marie Skodowska Curie Grant [722651]
- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifiques de Belgique (F. R. S. - FNRS) [2.5020.11]
- Tier-1 supercomputer of the Fedeeration Wallonie-Bruxelles - Walloon Region [1117545]
- Department of Energy [DE-SC0017659]
- National Science Foundation (DMREF program) [DMR-1729737]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0017659] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Computational studies on the potential interactions between three borane Lewis acids and semiconducting pi-conjugated polymers have revealed changes in electronic structure and optical properties, as well as evaluated the doping effects and reaction mechanisms. These studies provide insight into the complex interplay between partial hybridization, charge transfer, and changes in polymer conformation, offering potential applications in organic electronic devices.
We report on computational studies of the potential of three borane Lewis acids (LAs) (B(C6F5)(3) (BCF), BF3, and BBr3) to form stable adducts and/or to generate positive polarons with three different semiconducting pi-conjugated polymers (PFPT, PCPDTPT and PCPDTBT). Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations based on range-separated hybrid (RSH) functionals provide insight into changes in the electronic structure and optical properties upon adduct formation between LAs and the two polymers containing pyridine moieties, PFPT and PCPDTPT, unravelling the complex interplay between partial hybridization, charge transfer and changes in the polymer backbone conformation. We then assess the potential of BCF to induce p-doping in PCPDTBT, which does not contain pyridine groups, by computing the energetics of various reaction mechanisms proposed in the literature. We find that reaction of BCF(OH2) to form protonated PCPDTBT and [BCF(OH)](-), followed by electron transfer from a pristine to a protonated PCPDTBT chain is highly endergonic, and thus unlikely at low doping concentration. The theoretical and experimental data can, however, be reconciled if one considers the formation of [BCF(OH)BCF](-) or [BCF(OH)(OH2)BCF](-) counterions rather than [BCF(OH)](-) and invokes subsequent reactions resulting in the elimination of H-2.
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