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The Influence of Alkoxy Substitutions on the Properties of
Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Phenyl Copolymers for Solar Cells
#MMPMID28811420
George Z
; Kroon R
; Gehlhaar R
; Gbabode G
; Lundin A
; Hellström S
; Müller C
; Geerts Y
; Heremans P
; Andersson MR
Materials (Basel)
2013[Jul]; 6
(7
): 3022-3034
PMID28811420
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A previously reported diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-phenyl copolymer is modified by
adding methoxy or octyloxy side chains on the phenyl spacer. The influence of
these alkoxy substitutions on the physical, opto-electronic properties, and
photovoltaic performance were investigated. It was found that the altered
physical properties correlated with an increase in chain flexibility.
Well-defined oligomers were synthesized to verify the observed structure-property
relationship. Surprisingly, methoxy substitution on the benzene spacer resulted
in higher melting and crystallization temperatures in the synthesized oligomers.
This trend is not observed in the polymers, where the improved interactions are
most likely counteracted by the larger conformational possibilities in the
polymer chain upon alkoxy substitution. The best photovoltaic performance was
obtained for the parent polymer: fullerene blends whereas the modifications on
the other two polymers result in reduced open-circuit voltage and varying current
densities under similar processing conditions. The current densities could be
related to different polymer: fullerene blend morphologies. These results show
that supposed small structural alterations such as methoxy substitution already
significantly altered the physical properties of the parent polymer and also that
oligomers and polymers respond divergent to structural alterations made on a
parent structure.