title: Computational molecular nanoscience study of the properties of copper complexes for dye-sensitized solar cells.
abstract: In this work, we studied a copper complex-based dye, which is proposed for potential photovoltaic applications and is named Cu (I) biquinoline dye. Results of electron affinities and ionization potentials have been used for the correlation between different levels of calculation used in this study, which are based on The Density Functional Theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD) DFT. Further, the maximum absorption wavelengths of our theoretical calculations were compared with the experimental data. It was found that the M06/LANL2DZ + DZVP level of calculation provides the best approximation. This level of calculation was used to find the optimized molecular structure and to predict the main molecular vibrations, the molecular orbitals energies, dipole moment, isotropic polarizability and the chemical reactivity parameters that arise from Conceptual DFT.
authors: Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., Miguel de Cervantes 120, Complejo Industrial Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31190, Mexico. daniel.glossman@cimav.edu.mx.
authors: Jesús
authors: J
authors: Baldenebro-López
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Castorena-González
authors: Norma
authors: N
authors: Flores-Holguín
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: Almaral-Sánchez
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Glossman-Mitnik
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011804:Quinolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D011804:Quinolines; D003300:Copper