Computational Study of New Small Molecules based Thiophene as Donor Materials for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells.

In this research work, we study the structural, optical, electronic, and photovoltaic properties of eight thiophene-based π-conjugated organic molecules using quantum methods namely time-dependent density functional theory. In particular, we identify the relationships between the chemical structure of these π-conjugated organic molecules and their optoelectronic properties. Moreover, we calculate and compare the highest energy occupied molecular orbital and lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital energy levels of these compounds which act as donor with the ones of the acceptorphenyl-C-butyric acid methyl ester.