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Side-chain engineering of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based copolymer using alkyl ester group for efficient polymer solar cell

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The new diketopyrrolopyrrole-based copolymer, referred to as PDPPBDTE, bearing linear alkyl ester groups, was synthesized with the objective of improving the miscibility between the donor polymer and [6,6]-phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM). PDPPBDTA bearing ethylhexyl side-chains was also synthesized as a control polymer. The PDPPBDTE:PC71BM blend film showed a relatively small crystalline domain size compared to the PDPPBDTA:PC71BM blend film. A polymer solar cell fabricated with PDPPBDTE and PC71BM exhibited twofold higher power conversion efficiency than that employing PDPPBDTA.

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    Jae Yoon Kim, Young Un Kim, Hyung Jong Kim, Hyun Ah Um, Jicheol Shin, Min Ju Cho & Dong Hoon Choi

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Kim, J.Y., Kim, Y.U., Kim, H.J. et al. Side-chain engineering of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based copolymer using alkyl ester group for efficient polymer solar cell. Macromol. Res. 24, 980–985 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-016-4143-0

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