Expanding the light absorption of poly(3-hexylthiophene) by end-functionalization with π-extended porphyrins

Michèle Chevrier; Sébastien Richeter; Olivier Coulembier; Mathieu Surin; Ahmad Mehdi; Roberto Lazzaroni; Rachel C Evans; Philippe Dubois; Sébastien Clément

doi:10.1039/c5cc06290j

Expanding the light absorption of poly(3-hexylthiophene) by end-functionalization with π-extended porphyrins

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jan 4;52(1):171-4. doi: 10.1039/c5cc06290j.

Authors

Michèle Chevrier¹, Sébastien Richeter², Olivier Coulembier³, Mathieu Surin⁴, Ahmad Mehdi², Roberto Lazzaroni⁴, Rachel C Evans⁵, Philippe Dubois³, Sébastien Clément²

Affiliations

¹ Institut Charles Gerhardt, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France. sebastien.clement1@umontpellier.fr and Service des Matériaux Polymères et Composites (SMPC), Centre d'Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux et Polymères (CIRMAP), Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium.
² Institut Charles Gerhardt, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France. sebastien.clement1@umontpellier.fr.
³ Service des Matériaux Polymères et Composites (SMPC), Centre d'Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux et Polymères (CIRMAP), Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, 7000 Mons, Belgium.
⁴ Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, CIRMAP, University of Mons UMONS, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium.
⁵ School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland and Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.

PMID: 26506849
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06290j

Abstract

Poly(3-hexylthiophene)s end-functionalized with π-extended porphyrins have been synthesized in a one-pot procedure. The polymers show a broad absorption profile extending to 700 nm and a fibrillar microstructure, which can be tuned through judicious selection of the porphyrin molar ratio.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't