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Bieber AS, VanOrman ZA, Drozdick HK, Weiss R, Wieghold S, Nienhaus L. Mixed halide bulk perovskite triplet sensitizers: Interplay between band alignment, mid-gap traps, and phonons. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:234706. [PMID: 34937353 DOI: 10.1063/5.0077439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Photon upconversion, particularly via triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA), could prove beneficial in expanding the efficiencies and overall impacts of optoelectronic devices across a multitude of technologies. The recent development of bulk metal halide perovskites as triplet sensitizers is one potential step toward the industrialization of upconversion-enabled devices. Here, we investigate the impact of varying additions of bromide into a lead iodide perovskite thin film on the TTA upconversion process in the annihilator molecule rubrene. We find an interplay between the bromide content and the overall device efficiency. In particular, a higher bromide content results in higher internal upconversion efficiencies enabled by more efficient charge extraction at the interface likely due to a more favorable band alignment. However, the external upconversion efficiency decreases as the absorption cross section in the near infrared is reduced. The highest upconversion performance is found in our study for a bromide content of 5%. This result can be traced back to a high absorption cross section in the near infrared and higher photoluminescence quantum yield in comparison to the iodide-only perovskite and an increased driving force for charge transfer.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander S Bieber
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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Wang L, Yoo JJ, Lin TA, Perkinson CF, Lu Y, Baldo MA, Bawendi MG. Interfacial Trap-Assisted Triplet Generation in Lead Halide Perovskite Sensitized Solid-State Upconversion. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2100854. [PMID: 34048075 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202100854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photon upconversion via triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) has promise for overcoming the Shockley-Queisser limit for single-junction solar cells by allowing the utilization of sub-bandgap photons. Recently, bulk perovskites have been employed as sensitizers in solid-state upconversion devices to circumvent poor exciton diffusion in previous nanocrystal (NC)-sensitized devices. However, an in-depth understanding of the underlying photophysics of perovskite-sensitized triplet generation is still lacking due to the difficulty of precisely controlling interfacial properties of fully solution-processed devices. In this study, interfacial properties of upconversion devices are adjusted by a mild surface solvent treatment, specifically altering perovskite surface properties without perturbing the bulk perovskite. Thermal evaporation of the annihilator precludes further solvent contamination. Counterintuitively, devices with more interfacial traps show brighter upconversion. Approximately an order of magnitude difference in upconversion brightness is observed across different interfacial solvent treatments. Sequential charge transfer and interfacial trap-assisted triplet sensitization are demonstrated by comparing upconversion performance, transient photoluminescence dynamics, and magnetic field dependence of the devices. Incomplete triplet conversion from transferred charges and consequent triplet-charge annihilation (TCA) are also observed. The observations highlight the importance of interfacial control and provide guidance for further design and optimization of upconversion devices using perovskites or other semiconductors as sensitizers.
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- Lili Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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Prashanthan K, Naydenov B, Lips K, Unger E, MacQueen RW. Interdependence of photon upconversion performance and antisolvent processing in thin-film halide perovskite-sensitized triplet-triplet annihilators. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:164711. [PMID: 33138395 DOI: 10.1063/5.0026564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We prepared triplet-triplet annihilation photon upconverters combining thin-film methylammonium lead iodide (MAPI) perovskite with a rubrene annihilator in a bilayer structure. Excitation of the perovskite film leads to delayed, upconverted photoluminescence emitted from the annihilator layer, with triplet excitation of the rubrene being driven by carriers excited in the perovskite layer. To better understand the connections between the semiconductor properties of the perovskite film and the upconversion efficiency, we deliberately varied the perovskite film properties by modifying two spin-coating conditions, namely, the choice of antisolvent and the antisolvent dripping time, and then studied the resulting photon upconversion performance with a standard annihilator layer. A stronger upconversion effect was exhibited when the perovskite films displayed brighter and more uniform photoluminescence. Both properties were sensitive to the antisolvent dripping time and were maximized for a dripping time of 20 s (measured relative to the end of the spin-coating program). Surprisingly, the choice of antisolvent had a significant effect on the upconversion performance, with anisole-treated films yielding on average a tenfold increase in upconversion intensity compared to the chlorobenzene-treated equivalent. This performance difference was correlated with the carrier lifetime in the perovskite film, which was 52 ns and 306 ns in the brightest chlorobenzene and anisole-treated films, respectively. Since the bulk properties of the anisole- and chlorobenzene-treated films were virtually identical, we concluded that differences in the defect density at the MAPI/rubrene interface, linked to the choice of antisolvent, must be responsible for the differing upconversion performance.
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- Karunanantharajah Prashanthan
- Department Spins in Energy Conversion and Quantum Information Science (EE-ASPIN), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Spins in Energy Conversion and Quantum Information Science (EE-ASPIN), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Spins in Energy Conversion and Quantum Information Science (EE-ASPIN), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Young Investigator Group Hybrid Materials Formation and Scaling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fur Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Spins in Energy Conversion and Quantum Information Science (EE-ASPIN), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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Bieber AS, VanOrman ZA, Wieghold S, Nienhaus L. Perovskite-sensitized upconversion bingo: Stoichiometry, composition, solvent, or temperature? J Chem Phys 2020; 153:084703. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0021973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Alexander S. Bieber
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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