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ArticleScientific reports2025

A DFT based insights for molecular designing of pyridine dipyrrolide core with benzodithiophene-based acceptors for organic solar cells.

Mashal Khan, Ayesha Tariq, Iram Irshad, Muhammad Adnan Asghar, Tansir Ahamad, Ke Chen

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Mashal Khan *Institute of Chemistry, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan.
Ayesha Tariq *Institute of Chemistry, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan.
Iram IrshadInstitute of Chemistry, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan.
Muhammad Adnan AsgharDepartment of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan. adnan.muhammad@ue.edu.pk.
Tansir AhamadDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ke ChenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China. chen_ke@swmu.edu.cn.

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This study introduces a new series of organic compounds (PPH1-PPH8) derived from a pyridine dipyrrolide (PDP) core, aimed at enhancing the efficacy of organic solar cells. Their light absorption and charge transport capabilities were improved by altering the terminal groups of a reference molecule (PPHR) with strong electron-withdrawing units. The density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations were employed at the M06/6-311G(d, p) level to examine the electronic and photovoltaic features of the designed chromophores. The findings indicated a notable redshift in the absorption spectra, broadening the absorption range from 562.874 to 617.913 nm accompanied by a substantial decrease in the energy gap from 2.677 to 2.468 eV in PPH1-PPH8. These results indicated enhanced solar light absorption due to end-capped modification. Moreover, these compounds demonstrated lower exciton binding energies (0.460-0.509 eV), signifying effective charge separation and improved exciton dissociation. Calculations of open-circuit voltage (V

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A − π − ABenzodithiophene acceptorsDFTOpen circuit voltagePhotovoltaic materialsPyridine dipyrrolide

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