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Ryota Jono1, Jun-Ichi Fujisawa2, Hiroshi Segawa2
1†Department of Chemical System Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Abstract:
The surface complex of TiO2 nanoparticles and TCNQ was studied using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The structure of the surface complex was optimized, showing an IR spectrum analogous to the experimental spectrum. From time-dependent DFT calculations based on this optimized structure, we demonstrated that the interfacial charge-transfer transitions from the HOMO of the surface-bound TCNQ molecule to the unoccupied levels of the TiO2 nanocluster occur in the visible to near-IR region.
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