High-yielding Pd2(dba)3·C6H6-based four-fold Sonogashira coupling with selenophene-conjugated magnesium tetraethynylporphyrin for organic solar cells

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Selenophenes and Their Derivatives

The selenophene derivatives are an important class of selenium-based heterocyclics. These compounds play an important role in prospecting new drugs, as well as in the development of new light-emitting materials. During the last years, several methods have been emerging to access the selenophene scaffold, employing a diversity of cyclization-based synthetic strategies, involving specific reaction partners and particularities. This review presents a comprehensive discussion on the recent advances in the synthesis of selenophene-based compounds, starting from different precursors, highlighting the main differences, the advantages, and limitations among them.

Magnesium diethynylporphyrin derivatives with strong near-infrared absorption for solution-process bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Magnesium diethynylporphyrin derivatives with strong near-infrared absorption were obtained. These derivatives possess electron rich units directly introduced to the porphyrin core. The electron rich units caused strong absorption on the near-infrared region due to an intramolecular charge transfer. Theoretical calculation also proved that the derivatives showed large oscillator strength at the Q band. As a donor material, such large absorption coefficient in the range of long wavelength region is a desirable characteristic for organic solar cells. Organic photovoltaic devices using these diethynylporphyrin derivatives gave a PCE of 2.91% in optimal conditions.