Following up on our recent study of ultrafast charge separation at oligothiophene-fullerene interfaces [H. Tamura, I. Burghardt, and M. Tsukada, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 10205 (2011)10.1021/jp203174e], we present here a detailed quantum dynamical perspective on the charge transfer process. To this end, electron-phonon coupling is included non-perturbatively, by an explicit quantum dynamical treatment using the multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) method. Based upon a distribution of electron-phonon couplings determined from electronic structure studies, a spectral density is constructed and employed to parametrize a linear vibronic coupling Hamiltonian. The diabatic coupling is found to depend noticeably on the inter-fragment distance, whose effect on the dynamics is here investigated. MCTDH calculations of the nonadiabatic transfer dynamics are carried out for the two most relevant electronic states and 60 phonon modes. The electron transfer process is found to be ultrafast and mediated by electronic coherence, resulting in characteristic oscillatory features during a period of about 100 fs.

Quantum dynamics of ultrafast charge transfer at an oligothiophene-fullerene heterojunction / H. Tamura, R. Martinazzo, M. Ruckenbauer, I. Burghardt. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0021-9606. - 137:22(2012 Sep), p. 22A540.22A540. [10.1063/1.4751486]

Quantum dynamics of ultrafast charge transfer at an oligothiophene-fullerene heterojunction

R. Martinazzo
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2012

Abstract

Following up on our recent study of ultrafast charge separation at oligothiophene-fullerene interfaces [H. Tamura, I. Burghardt, and M. Tsukada, J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 10205 (2011)10.1021/jp203174e], we present here a detailed quantum dynamical perspective on the charge transfer process. To this end, electron-phonon coupling is included non-perturbatively, by an explicit quantum dynamical treatment using the multi-configuration time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) method. Based upon a distribution of electron-phonon couplings determined from electronic structure studies, a spectral density is constructed and employed to parametrize a linear vibronic coupling Hamiltonian. The diabatic coupling is found to depend noticeably on the inter-fragment distance, whose effect on the dynamics is here investigated. MCTDH calculations of the nonadiabatic transfer dynamics are carried out for the two most relevant electronic states and 60 phonon modes. The electron transfer process is found to be ultrafast and mediated by electronic coherence, resulting in characteristic oscillatory features during a period of about 100 fs.
band structure ; charge transfer states ; electron-phonon interactions ; fullerenes ; interface phonons ; organic compounds ; vibronic states
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