Abstract : A porphyrin-diketopyrrolopyrrole-containing polymer (poly(porphyrin-diketopyrrolopyrrole) (PPDPP)) shows impressive molar absorption coefficients from lambda=300 to 1000 nm. The photophysical and structural properties of PPDPP have been studied. With PPDPP as the electron donor and [ 6,6]phenyl C-71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) as the electron acceptor, the bulk heterojunction polymer solar cell showed overall power conversion efficiencies of 4.18 and 6.44% for as-cast and two-step annealing processed PPDPP: PC71BM (1: 2) active layers, respectively. These results are quite impressive for porphyrin-containing polymers, especially when directly included in the pi-conjugated backbone, and offer interesting perspectives for the design of new materials based on this chromophore.
Léo Bucher, Loïc Tanguy, Daniel Fortin, Nicolas Desbois, Pierre D. Harvey, et al.. A Very Low Band Gap Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Porphyrin Conjugated Polymer. ChemPlusChem, Wiley, 2017, 82 (4), pp.625 - 630. ⟨10.1002/cplu.201700035⟩. ⟨hal-01562019⟩