Abstract
Perylene dicarboximide dimer with electron withdrawing groups were synthesized and fully characterized by 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectra. The effects of the substituted groups on the optical and electrochemical properties of the two compounds were investigated. The ∏-∏* absorption peak of the perylene dicarboximide dimer compounds were red shifted from 525nm to 535nm. The band gaps of the dimer could be tuned from 2.28 eV to 2.13 eV. The first reduction wave of the dimer with electron withdrawing groups is shifted by 60 mV to more positive potential compared to that of perylene dicarboximide, suggesting the enhanced electron affinity. Furthemore, the dimer exhibited intermolecular aggregation, and decrease fluorescence quantum yield.
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