Efficient and Accurate Estimation of Electronic Polarization Energies for Organic Semiconductors: An Embedding Charge Quantum Mechanics/Continuum Dielectric Model.
J Chem Theory Comput
; 20(12): 5115-5121, 2024 Jun 25.
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Electronic polarization plays a pivotal role in determining the molecular energy levels of organic semiconductors (OSCs) in the condensed phase. However, accurate estimation of the electronic polarization energy is a challenging task due to the intricate imbalance between the precision and efficiency. In this work, we have developed an embedding charge quantum mechanics/continuum dielectric (EC-QM/CD) model, which enables quantitative evaluation of the ionization potential (IP), electron affinity (EA), and polarization energy in both crystalline and amorphous solids for OSCs. The benchmark calculations on both p-type OSCs of oligoacenes and n-type OSCs of A-D-A small-molecule acceptors show that the values of IP, EA, and polarization energy obtained by EC-QM/CD are in good accordance with the experimental measurements or the results by high-precision methods, while the computational costs are substantially reduced. Given its balance between the accuracy and efficiency, the EC-QM/CD model exhibits considerable potential to broaden the applications in the field of OSCs, for instance, high-throughput screening by using solid-state energy levels or polarization energies as critical descriptors.
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