Prediction of Excited-State Properties of Oligoacene Crystals Using Fragment-Based Quantum Mechanical Method.

A fundamental understanding of the excited-state properties of molecular crystals is of central importance for their optoelectronics applications. In this study, we developed the electrostatically embedded generalized molecular fractionation (EE-GMF) method for the quantitative characterization of the excited-state properties of locally excited molecular clusters. The accuracy of the EE-GMF method is systematically assessed for oligoacene crystals. Our result demonstrates that the EE-GMF method is capable of providing the lowest vertical singlet (S1) and triplet excitation energies (T1) in excellent agreement with the full system quantum mechanical calculations. Using this method, we also investigated the performance of different density functionals in predicting the excited-state properties of oligoacene crystals. Among the 13 tested functionals, B3LYP and MN15 give the two lowest overall mean unsigned errors (MUEs) with reference to the experimental S1 and T1 excitation energies. The EE-GMF approach can be readily utilized for studying the excited-state properties of large-scale organic solids at diverse ab initio levels.

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