Synthesis and Photoelectric Properties of a Novel Polymerizable Perylene Diimide Electron Acceptor Material

Abstract:

A novel polymerizable perylene diimide electron acceptor 1,7-bis(N,N-bis(4-methoxy phenyl)aniline)-N-(3-(2-ethylhexoxy)propylamide)-N-hexyl-perylene diimide acrylate (PDA) have been synthesized, and the chemical structures are confirmed by 1H NMR and FT-IR. The PDA shows broad absorption bands in 400–850 nm, and the optical bandgap is calculated to be 1.45 eV. Cyclic voltammetry results confirm that PDA display a couple of reversible redox peaks, the LUMO and HOMO levels of PDA were calculated as -3.82 eV and -5.16 eV, respectively.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 651)
• Pages: 97-102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.651.97
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Si Li Yi, Qing Xu
• Keywords: Electron Acceptor Material, Organic Solar Cell (OSC), Perylenediimide, Polymerizable

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