Random Structural Modification of a Low-Band-Gap BODIPY-Based Polymer

Léo Bucher (1, 2) , Shawkat M. Aly (2) , Nicolas Desbois (1, 2) , Paul-Ludovic Karsenti (2) , Claude P. Gros (1, 2) , Pierre D. Harvey (2)

1 ICMUB - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne [Dijon]
2 UdeS - Département de chimie [Sherbrooke]

A BODIPY thiophene polymer modified by extending conjugation of the BODIPY chromophore is reported. This modification induces tunability of energy levels and therefore absorption wavelengths in order to target lower energies.

Mots clés: molecular-orbital methods; extended basis-sets; valence basis-sets; density-functional theory; pi-conjugated copolymers; field-effect transistors; thin-film transistors; solar-cells; organometallic compounds; distyryl-boradiazaindacenes

Domaines: Chimie; Chimie; Matériaux

Léo Bucher, Shawkat M. Aly, Nicolas Desbois, Paul-Ludovic Karsenti, Claude P. Gros, et al.. Random Structural Modification of a Low-Band-Gap BODIPY-Based Polymer. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121 (12), pp.6478 - 6491. ⟨10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00117⟩. ⟨hal-01522061⟩