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Guo Y, Wu J, Lin Z, Tang F, Yuan L, Wu H, Peng X. Novel Beta-Functionalized Porphyrins Approaching 11% Efficiency for Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:17531-17539. [PMID: 38530924 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c00167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
Abstract
Porphyrins and their derivatives possess high molar extinction coefficients and strong electron-donating abilities and have been widely used in organic solar cells (OSCs). Though porphyrins can be easily functionalized at the four meso-positions and the eight β-positions, nearly all porphyrin photovoltaic materials are reported to be functionalized at the meso-positions, and the porphyrin photovoltaic materials functionalized at the β-positions are to be explored. Herein, the regioselective β-positions of a porphyrin are first brominated without using rare metal iridium catalysts, and then, after two more reactions, two antipodal β-substituted porphyrin donors EHDPP-Por and BODPP-Por are synthesized, in which four DPP (diketopyrrolopyrrole) units are connected symmetrically with acetylene at four of the β-positions, for OSCs. The all-small-molecule organic solar cells based on EHDPP-Por:Y6 and BODPP-Por:Y6 active layers achieved power conversion efficiencies of 10.19 and 10.99%, respectively, which are higher than most of the binary OSCs based on the porphyrins functionalized at the meso-positions, demonstrating that β-functionalized porphyrins are very promising for OSCs.
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- Yinchun Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy & Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Cuesta V, Singh MK, Gutierrez-Fernandez E, Martín J, Domínguez R, de la Cruz P, Sharma GD, Langa F. Gold(III) Porphyrin Was Used as an Electron Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:11708-11717. [PMID: 35195997 PMCID: PMC8915169 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c22813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The widespread use of nonfullerene-based electron-accepting materials has triggered a rapid increase in the performance of organic photovoltaic devices. However, the number of efficient acceptor compounds available is rather limited, which hinders the discovery of new, high-performing donor:acceptor combinations. Here, we present a new, efficient electron-accepting compound based on a hitherto unexplored family of well-known molecules: gold porphyrins. The electronic properties of our electron-accepting gold porphyrin, named VC10, were studied by UV-Vis spectroscopy and by cyclic voltammetry (CV) , revealing two intense optical absorption bands at 500-600 and 700-920 nm and an optical bandgap of 1.39 eV. Blending VC10 with PTB7-Th, a donor polymer, which gives rise to an absorption band at 550-780 nm complementary to that of VC10, enables the fabrication of organic solar cells (OSCs) featuring a power conversion efficiency of 9.24% and an energy loss of 0.52 eV. Hence, this work establishes a new approach in the search for efficient acceptor molecules for solar cells and new guidelines for future photovoltaic material design.
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- Virginia Cuesta
- Institute
of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus de la Fábrica
de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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- Department
of Physics, The LNM Institute of Information
Technology (Deemed University), Jamdoli, Jaipur (Raj.) 302031, India
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU Av. de Tolosa 72, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
- Ikerbasque
Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48013, Spain
- Universidade
da Coruña, Grupo de Polímeros, Centro de Investigacións
Tecnolóxicas (CIT), Esteiro, Ferrol 15471, Spain
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- Institute
of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus de la Fábrica
de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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- Institute
of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus de la Fábrica
de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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- Department
of Physics, The LNM Institute of Information
Technology (Deemed University), Jamdoli, Jaipur (Raj.) 302031, India
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- Institute
of Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials (INAMOL), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Campus de la Fábrica
de Armas, Toledo 45071, Spain
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Mollaeva MR, Yabbarov N, Sokol M, Chirkina M, Mollaev MD, Zabolotskii A, Seregina I, Bolshov M, Kaplun A, Nikolskaya E. Optimization, Characterization and Pharmacokinetic Study of Meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin Metal Complex-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12261. [PMID: 34830136 PMCID: PMC8618356 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The selection of technological parameters for nanoparticle formulation represents a complicated development phase. Therefore, the statistical analysis based on Box-Behnken methodology is widely used to optimize technological processes, including poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticle formulation. In this study, we applied a two-level three-factor design to optimize the preparation of nanoparticles loaded with cobalt (CoTPP), manganese (MnClTPP), and nickel (NiTPP) metalloporphyrins (MeP). The resulting nanoparticles were examined by dynamic light scattering, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, MTT test, and hemolytic activity assay. The optimized model of nanoparticle formulation was validated, and the obtained nanoparticles possessed a spherical shape and physicochemical characteristics enabling them to deliver MeP in cancer cells. In vitro hemolysis assay revealed high safety of the formulated MeP-loaded nanoparticles. The MeP release demonstrated a biphasic profile and release mechanism via Fick diffusion, according to release exponent values. Formulated MeP-loaded nanoparticles revealed significant antitumor activity and ability to generate reactive oxygen species. MnClTPP- and CoTPP-nanoparticles specifically accumulated in tissues, preventing wide tissue distribution caused by long-term circulation of the hydrophobic drug. Our results suggest that MnClTPP- and CoTPP-nanoparticles represent the greatest potential for utilization in in anticancer therapy due to their effectiveness and safety.
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- Mariia R. Mollaeva
- N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (N.Y.); (M.S.); (M.C.)
- JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow, Russia; (M.D.M.); (A.Z.)
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- N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (N.Y.); (M.S.); (M.C.)
- JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow, Russia; (M.D.M.); (A.Z.)
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- N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (N.Y.); (M.S.); (M.C.)
- JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow, Russia; (M.D.M.); (A.Z.)
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- N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (N.Y.); (M.S.); (M.C.)
- JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow, Russia; (M.D.M.); (A.Z.)
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- JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow, Russia; (M.D.M.); (A.Z.)
- Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, 117198 Moscow, Russia
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- JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow, Russia; (M.D.M.); (A.Z.)
- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia; (I.S.); (M.B.)
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia; (I.S.); (M.B.)
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia; (I.S.); (M.B.)
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- Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, MIREA—Russian Technological University, 119454 Moscow, Russia;
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- N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (N.Y.); (M.S.); (M.C.)
- JSC Russian Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapy, 117149 Moscow, Russia; (M.D.M.); (A.Z.)
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