Abstract: Functional organic nanomaterials have attracted extensive attention as molecular electronic devices. Porphyrin compounds have demonstrated novel optoelectronic property and thermal stability due to their special π-electronic system and conjugated delocalized structure, and they have good prospect as optoelectronic devices, mimic enzyme, molecular recognition and sensors. Moreover, porphyrin compounds are often used as building block to build functional optoelectronic materials, based on readily modified planar molecular structures. In this paper, the characteristics and application progress of porphyrin compounds in optoelectronic devices are reviewed.

Key words: Molecular electronic devices, Porphyrin compounds, Optoelectronic materials