Theoretical Study on the Optical Properties for 2,7- and 3,6-Linked Carbazole Trimers by Time-dependent Density Functional Theory

摘要

Electronic properties, such as HOMO and LUMO energies, band gaps, ionization potential (IP) and electron affinity (EA) of 2,7- and 3,6-linked carbazole trimers, two conjugated oligomers with different linkages of carbazole, were studied by the density functional theory with Becke-Lee-Young-Parr composite exchange correlation functional (B3LYP). The absorption spectra of these compounds were also investigated by time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) with 6-31G* basis set. The calculated results indicated that the HOMO and LUMO of the 2,7- and 3,6-linked carbazole trimers are both slightly destabilized on going from methyl substitution to sec-butyl substitution. Both IP and EA exhibit their good hole-transporting but poor electron-accepting ability. The presence of alkyl groups on the nitrogen atoms does not affect the intra-chain electronic delocalization along the molecular frame. Thus no significant effect on the band gap and absorption spectra of compounds has been found.