DFT modeling of polyaniline: a computational investigation into the structure and band gap of polyaniline

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The band gaps of three forms of polyaniline (PANI) are calculated using the DFT method with the B3LYP functional and SV(P) basis set. This marks the first time that the band gap for this polymer has been calculated using this DFT method. The calculations include an investigation of the effect of varying the benzoid–quinoid structural units, the effect of increasing oligomer length, and the inclusion of Michael’s addition structures, which could be residual in the polymer depending on the chosen synthetic method. All results were compared with the experimentally determined band gap of 1.5 eV as typically reported in the literature. A commonly used structural motif of alternating benzoid–quinoid units and a ratio of 0.5:0.5 benzoid–quinoid resulted in a computed band gap of 1.9 eV. Inclusion of one extra quinoid unit gave rise to a band gap of 1.3 eV. Incorporation of a Michael’s addition structure was found to dominate the band gap calculation, yielding a localized LUMO and a band gap of 1.3 eV that was insensitive to the polymer chain length and composition.

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Scotland, K. M., Strong, O. K. L., Parnis, J. M., & Vreugdenhil, A. J. (2022). DFT modeling of polyaniline: a computational investigation into the structure and band gap of polyaniline. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 100(2), 162–167. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2021-0169

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