Designing of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT study

Abstract In this study, the proposed method involves the confident insertion of π-spacer fragments between donor and acceptor parts of a newly designed (A1-D-A2) molecule into the reference molecule (PP2). Frontier molecular orbitals study using MPW1PW91/6-31G(d,p) level of DFT demonstrates that all...

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Main Authors: Malik Muhammad Asif Iqbal, Muzammil Hussain, Riaz Hussain, Waqar Ashraf
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87375-z
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description Abstract In this study, the proposed method involves the confident insertion of π-spacer fragments between donor and acceptor parts of a newly designed (A1-D-A2) molecule into the reference molecule (PP2). Frontier molecular orbitals study using MPW1PW91/6-31G(d,p) level of DFT demonstrates that all designed molecules possess a lower band gap (2.62–3.35 eV) in comparison to R (3.77 eV). The absorption properties clearly show that all the designed molecules (DD1–DD8) have higher absorption values (434.44–566.40 nm) in the gas phase and (498.65–624.01 nm) in the solvent phase compared to R values of 380.32 nm in the gas phase and 415.61 nm in the solvent phase. Significant LHE values and the lowest λe values (0.0062–0.0110 eV) are observed in the designed molecules. This study will help researchers to design molecules for the development of efficient PSCs devices.
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spelling doaj-art-2cbc9cbd3524485b84c476f6b7e35a4c2025-08-20T02:10:54ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-05-0115112010.1038/s41598-025-87375-zDesigning of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT studyMalik Muhammad Asif Iqbal0Muzammil Hussain1Riaz Hussain2Waqar Ashraf3Department of Chemistry, University of OkaraDepartment of Chemistry, University of OkaraDepartment of Chemistry, University of OkaraDepartment of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd UniversityAbstract In this study, the proposed method involves the confident insertion of π-spacer fragments between donor and acceptor parts of a newly designed (A1-D-A2) molecule into the reference molecule (PP2). Frontier molecular orbitals study using MPW1PW91/6-31G(d,p) level of DFT demonstrates that all designed molecules possess a lower band gap (2.62–3.35 eV) in comparison to R (3.77 eV). The absorption properties clearly show that all the designed molecules (DD1–DD8) have higher absorption values (434.44–566.40 nm) in the gas phase and (498.65–624.01 nm) in the solvent phase compared to R values of 380.32 nm in the gas phase and 415.61 nm in the solvent phase. Significant LHE values and the lowest λe values (0.0062–0.0110 eV) are observed in the designed molecules. This study will help researchers to design molecules for the development of efficient PSCs devices.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87375-zAcceptorDensity functional theoryPerovskiteSolar cellsTransport material
spellingShingle Malik Muhammad Asif Iqbal
Muzammil Hussain
Riaz Hussain
Waqar Ashraf
Designing of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT study
Scientific Reports
Acceptor
Density functional theory
Perovskite
Solar cells
Transport material
title Designing of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT study
title_full Designing of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT study
title_fullStr Designing of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT study
title_full_unstemmed Designing of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT study
title_short Designing of pyrrolopyrazine-based electron transporting materials with architecture (A1-D-A2) in perovskite solar cells: a DFT study
title_sort designing of pyrrolopyrazine based electron transporting materials with architecture a1 d a2 in perovskite solar cells a dft study
topic Acceptor
Density functional theory
Perovskite
Solar cells
Transport material
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-87375-z
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