Research Article

DFT Study of Polythiophene Energy Band Gap and Substitution Effects

Table 5

Emission spectra in gaseous phase obtained by the TD-CAM-B3LYP/6-31G(d) optimized geometries of excited states for the octamers.

Compounds (nm) (eV)OS

557.972.223.0531
8T433.902.850.000079.8
365.643.390.0000

8TOCHT621.471.992.948281.76
461.132.680.0057
421.812.930.2710
HH637.091.963.080192.54
461.912.680.0000
406.543.040.0000
TT621.471.992.948288.15
461.132.680.0057
421.81 2.930.2710

8TCOCTT530.792.332.602891.18
400.433.090.0354
349.143.550.3253
HH545.182.472.7840149.00
407.483.040.0275
355.603.480.0001
HT569.512.173.0310176.69
426.262.900.0001
367.843.370.0079


561.06 2.202.9875
8TOOC426.412.900.000286.84

364.213.400.0000