Solar Cells Based on Perylene Bisimide Derivatives

The solar energy, as a kind of abundant and clean energy, is one of the best ways to solve the energy crisis. Recently, perylene bisimide derivatives have been extensively studied as one of the most functional materials, providing prospects for applications in organic solar cells, because of their cheap price, good thermal and photochemical stability, high electron affinity, high absorption and fluorescence quantum yield. Also, the derivatives are easy to functionalize at imide or "bay" positions. The present review summarizes the progress of solar cells based on perylene bisimide derivatives. Authors' work on the solar cells based on perylene bisimide derivatives is introduced, the hotspots to be further investigated are discussed.