Photopolymerization is an active research field requiring the design of new photosensitizers enabling to convert more efficiently liquid monomers as solids. Especially, a great deal of efforts is devoted to reduce the polymerization time, improve the monomer conversion while using safer irradiation conditions. To reach these goals, choice of the photosensitizers is crucial as it constitutes the unique element of the photocurable resins capable to interact with light. In this field, perylene which is a pigment of polycyclic aromatic structure has been studied as soon as 1978 for the design of photoinitiating systems. Since these pioneering works, a wide range of perylene-based photoinitiators have been developed, ranging from organic photocatalysts to water-soluble photoinitiators. In this review, an overview of the different perylene-based photoinitiators reported to date is provided. To evidence the efficiency of these structures, comparisons which benchmark photoinitiators is provided.

光聚合是一个活跃的研究领域，需要设计新的光敏剂，以便更有效地将液态单体转化为固体。特别是，在使用更安全的辐照条件的同时，还致力于减少聚合时间，提高单体转化率。为了实现这些目标，光敏剂的选择至关重要，因为它构成了能够与光相互作用的光固化树脂的独特元素。在该领域，早在1978年就开始研究苝这种多环芳香结构的颜料用于光引发体系的设计。由于这些开创性的工作，已经开发了各种基于苝的光引发剂，从有机光催化剂到水溶性光引发剂。在这次审查中，提供了迄今为止报道的不同苝基光引发剂的概述。为了证明这些结构的效率，提供了基准光引发剂的比较。