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Accurate Prediction of the S1 Excitation Energy in Solvated Azobenzene Derivatives via Embedded Orbital-Tuned Bethe-Salpeter Calculations
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posted on 2020-03-04, 18:34 authored by Aseem
Rajan Kshirsagar, Gabriele D’Avino, Xavier Blase, Jing Li, Roberta PoloniBy
employing the Bethe-Salpeter formalism coupled with a nonequilibrium
embedding scheme, we demonstrate that the paradigmatic case of S1 band separation between cis and trans in azobenzene derivatives can be computed with excellent
accuracy compared to experimental optical spectra. Besides embedding,
we show that the choice of the Kohn–Sham exchange correlation
functional for DFT is critical, despite the iterative convergence
of GW quasiparticle energies. We address this by
adopting an orbital-tuning approach via the global hybrid functional,
PBEh, yielding an environment-consistent ionization potential. The
vertical excitation energy of 20 azo molecules is predicted with a
mean absolute error as low as 0.06 eV, up to three times smaller compared
to standard functionals such as M06-2X and PBE0, and five times smaller
compared to recent TDDFT results.
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spectraAccurate Predictionchoiceiterative convergencefunctionalPBEenvironment-consistent ionizationexcitation energyaccuracyS 1 band separationBethe-Salpeter formalism0.06 eVOrbital-Tuned Bethe-Salpeter Calculations20 azo moleculesazobenzene derivativesM 06-2XTDDFT resultstranKohnorbital-tuning approachS 1 Excitation EnergycorrelationGW quasiparticle energiesnonequilibrium embedding schemeSolvated Azobenzene DerivativesPBEh
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