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Tatsi E, De Marzi M, Mauri L, Colombo A, Botta C, Turri S, Dragonetti C, Griffini G. Semi-Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators Based on Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Polyurethane Matrices. Macromol Rapid Commun 2024; 45:e2300724. [PMID: 38485136 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202300724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are spectral conversion devices offering interesting opportunities for the integration of photovoltaics into the built environment and portable systems. The Förster-resonance energy transfer (FRET) process can boost the optical response of LSCs by reducing energy losses typically associated to non-radiative processes occurring within the device under operation. In this work, a new class of FRET-based thin-film LSC devices is presented, in which the synthetic versatility of linear polyurethanes (PU) is exploited to control the photophysical properties and the device performance of the resulting LSCs. A series of luminescent linear PUs are synthesized in the presence of two novel bis-hydroxyl-functionalized luminophores of suitable optical properties, used as chain extenders during the step-growth polyaddition reaction for the formation of the linear macromolecular network. By synthetically tuning their composition, the obtained luminescent PUs can achieve a high energy transfer efficiency (≈90%) between the covalently linked luminophores. The corresponding LSC devices exhibit excellent photonic response, with external and internal photon efficiencies as high as ≈4% and ≈37%, respectively. Furthermore, their optimized power conversion efficiency combined with their enhanced average visible-light transmittance highlight their suitability for potential use as transparent solar energy devices.
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- Elisavet Tatsi
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Camillo Golgi 19, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Camillo Golgi 19, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences and Chemical Technologies "Giulio Natta" (SCITEC) of CNR, via Corti 12, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Camillo Golgi 19, Milano, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano, 20133, Italy
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Ferreira RAS, Correia SFH, Georgieva P, Fu L, Antunes M, André PS. A comprehensive dataset of photonic features on spectral converters for energy harvesting. Sci Data 2024; 11:50. [PMID: 38191564 PMCID: PMC10774306 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02827-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Building integrated photovoltaics is a promising strategy for solar technology, in which luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) stand out. Challenges include the development of materials for sunlight harvesting and conversion, which is an iterative optimization process with several steps: synthesis, processing, and structural and optical characterizations before considering the energy generation figures of merit that requires a prototype fabrication. Thus, simulation models provide a valuable, cost-effective, and time-efficient alternative to experimental implementations, enabling researchers to gain valuable insights for informed decisions. We conducted a literature review on LSCs over the past 47 years from the Web of ScienceTM Core Collection, including published research conducted by our research group, to gather the optical features and identify the material classes that contribute to the performance. The dataset can be further expanded systematically offering a valuable resource for decision-making tools for device design without extensive experimental measurements.
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- Rute A S Ferreira
- Department of Physics and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
- Departament of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro (IEETA), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Physics and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
- Departament of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Picchi A, Wang Q, Ventura F, Micheletti C, Heijkoop J, Picchioni F, Ciofini I, Adamo C, Pucci A. Effect of Polymer Composition on the Optical Properties of a New Aggregation-Induced Emission Fluorophore: A Combined Experimental and Computational Approach. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3530. [PMID: 37688156 PMCID: PMC10489943 DOI: 10.3390/polym15173530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Nowadays, fluorophores with a tetraphenylethylene (TPE) core are considered interesting due to the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behavior that enables their effective use in polymer films. We propose a novel TPE fluorophore (TPE-BPAN) bearing two dimethylamino push and a 4-biphenylacetonitrile pull moieties with the typical AIE characteristics in solution and in the solid state, as rationalized by DFT calculations. Five different host polymer matrices with different polarity have been selected: two homopolymers of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) and poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate) (PCHMA) and three copolymers at different compositions (P(MMA-co-CHMA) 75:25, 50:50, and 25:75 mol%). The less polar comonomer of CHMA appeared to enhance TPE-BPAN emission with the highest quantum yield (QY) of about 40% measured in P(MMA-co-CHMA) 75:25. Further reduction in polymer polarity lowered QY and decreased the film stability and adhesion to the glass surface. LSC performances were not significantly affected by the matrix's polarity and resulted in around one-third of the state-of-the-art due to the reduced QY of TPE-BPAN. The theoretical investigation based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations clarified the origin of the observed AIE and the role played by the environment in modulating the photophysical behavior.
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- Alberto Picchi
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (A.P.); (C.M.); (F.V.)
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- Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences (i-CLeHS), École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FRE2027, 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France; (Q.W.); (I.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (A.P.); (C.M.); (F.V.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (A.P.); (C.M.); (F.V.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Product Technology, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands; (J.H.); (F.P.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Product Technology, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands; (J.H.); (F.P.)
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- Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences (i-CLeHS), École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FRE2027, 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France; (Q.W.); (I.C.)
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- Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences (i-CLeHS), École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FRE2027, 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France; (Q.W.); (I.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (A.P.); (C.M.); (F.V.)
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Wen B, Li A, Zhao J, Guo H, Fang Y, Lin Y, Cheng HB. Facile Assembly Strategy for Luminescent Lanthanide Nanoparticles with Antibacterial Activity Using Aggregation-Inducing Emission Polymers. Macromolecules 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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- Boxin Wen
- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 North Third Ring Road, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 North Third Ring Road, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 North Third Ring Road, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 North Third Ring Road, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Villafiorita-Monteleone F, Pasini M, Botta C. Anti-Oxidation Agents to Prevent Dye Degradation in Organic-Based Host-Guest Systems Suitable for Luminescent Solar Concentrators. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:656. [PMID: 36676393 PMCID: PMC9862820 DOI: 10.3390/ma16020656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have been extensively studied as they offer a practical solution to increase the efficiency of silicon-based photovoltaics (PVs). In this context, the use of natural and organic luminescent materials is desirable in order to obtain sustainable and environmentally friendly devices. Moreover, solution-processable organic host-guest systems based on Foerster Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET) processes offer the possibility to exploit a low-cost technique to obtain an efficient energy downshift from the UV-visible to red or deep red emissions in order to concentrate the radiation in the area of maximum efficiency of the PV device. Nevertheless, organic materials are subjected to photodegradation that reduces their optical properties when exposed to UV light and oxygen. In this work, we incorporated two different antioxidant molecules (i.e., octadecyl 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate (Octa) and L-ascorbic acid (L-Asc)) in a three-dye host-guest system and studied the corresponding optical properties after prolonged irradiation times in air. It was found that the presence of the antioxidants, especially L-Asc, slowed the system's photodegradation down whilst at the same time retaining high emission efficiencies and without interfering with the cascade Resonant Energy Transfer processes among the dyes inserted in the nanochannels of the host.
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Zhang B, Lyu G, Kelly EA, Evans RC. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Luminescent Solar Concentrators. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2201160. [PMID: 35678107 PMCID: PMC9376834 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) are an emerging technology to collect and channel light from a large absorption area into a smaller one. They are a complementary technology for traditional solar photovoltaics (PV), particularly suitable for application in urban or indoor environments where their custom colors and form factors, and performance under diffuse light conditions may be advantageous. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) has emerged as a valuable approach to overcome some of the intrinsic limitations of conventional single lumophore LSCs, such as reabsorption or reduced quantum efficiency. This review outlines the potential of FRET to boost LSC performance, using highlights from the literature to illustrate the key criteria that must be considered when designing an FRET-LSC, including both the photophysical requirements of the FRET lumophores and their interaction with the host material. Based on these criteria, a list of design guidelines intended to aid researchers when they approach the design of a new FRET-LSC system is presented. By highlighting the unanswered questions in this field, the authors aim to demonstrate the potential of FRET-LSCs for both conventional solar-harvesting and emerging LSC-inspired technologies and hope to encourage participation from a diverse researcher base to address this exciting challenge.
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- Bolong Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and MetallurgyUniversity of Cambridge27 Charles Babbage RoadCambridgeCB3 0FSUK
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MaterialsChinese Academy of SciencesFuzhouFujian350002China
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- Department of Materials Science and MetallurgyUniversity of Cambridge27 Charles Babbage RoadCambridgeCB3 0FSUK
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- Department of Materials Science and MetallurgyUniversity of Cambridge27 Charles Babbage RoadCambridgeCB3 0FSUK
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- Department of Materials Science and MetallurgyUniversity of Cambridge27 Charles Babbage RoadCambridgeCB3 0FSUK
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Zhao Y, Zhang L, Liu Y, Deng Z, Zhang R, Zhang S, He W, Qiu Z, Zhao Z, Tang BZ. AIEgens in Solar Energy Utilization: Advances and Opportunities. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:8719-8732. [PMID: 35839424 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Solar energy is the most abundant energy resource on earth. Unfortunately, only a very small portion of the solar radiation can be utilized by current light-harvesting materials, thus leading to the poor utilization efficiency of solar energy. In this regard, aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) have demonstrated versatile properties that can enhance energy conversion and potentially revolutionize solar utilization systems. AIEgens with great processability can selectively absorb radiation across multiple spectral regions and transform solar energy into longer-wavelength light, heat, or alternative forms of energy. These processes can considerably enhance the solar energy utilization performance by either developing light-harvesting systems based on AIEgens or hybridizing modern light-harvesting systems with AIE technology. In this Perspective, based on material properties, we highlight different functions of AIEgens related to solar light utilization, including sunlight transformation, chemical conversion, and thermal conversion.
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- Yun Zhao
- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
- HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Aggregate Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518172, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon 100071, Hong Kong, China
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Mateen F, Lee N, Lee SY, Taj Ud Din S, Yang W, Shahzad A, Kaliamurthy AK, Lee JJ, Hong SK. Thin-Film Luminescent Solar Concentrator Based on Intramolecular Charge Transfer Fluorophore and Effect of Polymer Matrix on Device Efficiency. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13213770. [PMID: 34771327 PMCID: PMC8587438 DOI: 10.3390/polym13213770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) provide a transformative approach to integrating photovoltaics into a built environment. In this paper, we report thin-film LSCs composed of intramolecular charge transfer fluorophore (DACT-II) and discuss the effect of two polymers, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and poly (benzyl methacrylate) (PBzMA) on the performance of large-area LSCs. As observed experimentally, DACT-II with the charge-donating diphenylaminocarbazole and charge-accepting triphenyltriazine moieties shows a large Stokes shift and limited re-absorption losses in both polymers. Our results show that thin-film LSC (10 × 10 × 0.3 cm3) with optimized concentration (0.9 wt%) of DACT-II in PBzMA gives better performance than that in the PMMA matrix. In particular, optical conversion efficiency (ηopt) and power-conversion efficiency (ηPCE) of DACT-II/PBzMA LSC are 2.32% and 0.33%, respectively, almost 1.2 times higher than for DACT-II/PMMA LSC.
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- Fahad Mateen
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (F.M.); (N.L.)
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (F.M.); (N.L.)
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- Department of Energy and Material Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea;
- Correspondence: (S.Y.L.); (S.-K.H.)
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- Department of Physics, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (S.T.U.D.); (W.Y.)
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- Department of Physics, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (S.T.U.D.); (W.Y.)
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- Department of Energy and Material Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea;
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- Research Center for Photoenergy Harvesting & Conversion Technology (phct), Department of Energy and Material Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (A.K.K.); (J.-J.L.)
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- Research Center for Photoenergy Harvesting & Conversion Technology (phct), Department of Energy and Material Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (A.K.K.); (J.-J.L.)
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Korea; (F.M.); (N.L.)
- Correspondence: (S.Y.L.); (S.-K.H.)
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Lyu G, Southern TJF, Charles BL, Roger M, Gerbier P, Clément S, Evans RC. Aggregation-induced emission from silole-based lumophores embedded in organic-inorganic hybrid hosts. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C 2021; 9:13914-13925. [PMID: 34745631 PMCID: PMC8515938 DOI: 10.1039/d1tc02794h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Aggregation-induced emitters - or AIEgens - are often symbolised by their photoluminescence enhancement as a result of aggregation in a poor solvent. However, for some applications, it is preferable for the AIE response to be induced in the solid-state. Here, the ability of an organic-inorganic hybrid polymer host to induce the AIE response from embedded silole-based lumophores has been explored. We have focussed on understanding how the incorporation method controls the extent of lumophore aggregation and thus the associated photophysical properties. To achieve this, two sample concentration series have been prepared, based on either the parent AIEgen 1,1-dimethyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsilole (DMTPS) or the silylated analogue (DMTPS-Sil), which were physically doped or covalently grafted, respectively, to dU(600) - a member of the ureasil family of poly(oxyalkylene)/siloxane hybrids. Steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements, coupled with confocal microscopy studies, revealed that covalent grafting leads to improved dispersibility of the AIEgen, reduced scattering losses, increased photoluminescence quantum yields (up to ca. 40%) and improved chemical stability. Moreover, the ureasil also functions as a photoactive host that undergoes excitation energy transfer to the embedded DMTPS-Sil with an efficiency of almost 70%. This study highlights the potential for designing complex photoluminescent hybrid polymers exhibiting an ehanced AIE response for solid-state optical applications.
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- Guanpeng Lyu
- Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge 27 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge CB3 0FS UK
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- Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge 27 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge CB3 0FS UK
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- Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge 27 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge CB3 0FS UK
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- ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM Montpellier France
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- Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge 27 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge CB3 0FS UK
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Khanagwal J, Kumar R, Hooda P, Poonam, Khatkar S, Taxak V. Designing of luminescent complexes of europium(III) ion with hydroxyl ketone and nitrogen donor secondary ligands for improving the luminescence performance and biological actions. Inorganica Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Quantum dot assisted luminescent hexarhenium cluster dye for a transparent luminescent solar concentrator. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13833. [PMID: 34226592 PMCID: PMC8257676 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93223-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) is a solar-light harvesting device that concentrates light on a photovoltaic cell placed at the edge of an LSC panel to convert it into electricity. The nano-sized inorganic-organic cluster complex (dMDAEMA)4[Re6S8(NCS)6] (this refers to RMC where dMDAEMA is 2-dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate) is a promising candidate for LSC luminophores due to its downshifted broad photoluminescence suitable for photovoltaic cells. However, the low quantum yield (QY) of RMC limits the performance. Here, zinc-doped CuGaS/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (ZQD) were used as energy transferring donor with high QY to improve the performance of the LSC. The two metal chalcogenide luminophores, RMC and ZQD, are chemically suitable for dispersion in an amphiphilic polymer matrix, producing a transparent waveguide with suppressed reabsorption and extended harvesting coverage of the solar spectrum. We achieved an ηopt of 3.47% and a PCE of 1.23% while maintaining greater than 80% transparency in the visible range. The high performance of this dual-dye LSC with suppressed reabsorption, and scattering losses is not only due to uniform dispersion of dyes in a polymer matrix, but also energy transfer from ZQD to RMC. This report suggests a new possibility for promising various multi-dye LSCs for use in building-integrated photovoltaic windows.
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Li J, Zhao H, Zhao X, Gong X. Red and yellow emissive carbon dots integrated tandem luminescent solar concentrators with significantly improved efficiency. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:9561-9569. [PMID: 34008686 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr01908b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) can collect solar light from a large area and concentrate it on their small-area edges mounted with solar cells for efficient solar-to-electricity conversion. Thus, LSCs show huge promise for realizing building-integrated photovoltaics because of their semi-transparency and light weight. However, the low optical efficiency of LSCs becomes a great obstacle for their application in real energy conversion. Herein, yellow emissive carbon dots with a record-breaking ultrahigh quantum yield of up to 86.4% were prepared via a simple hydrothermal approach using low-cost precursors. By combining them with red emissive carbon dots (quantum yield of 17.6%), a large area (∼100 cm2) tandem LSC was fabricated. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the large-area carbon dot-integrated tandem LSC reaches up to 3.8%, which is among the best reported in literature for a similar lateral size of LSCs. In particular, the tandem structure based on two laminated layers is novel, and is fit for the real structural application of keeping windows warm, where two glass slides are usually used. The high-efficiency tandem LSC using eco-friendly carbon dots as fluorophores paves way for real applications of LSCs.
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- Jiurong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China.
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Ding W, Yan L, Cao F, Luo Q. Axial and peripheral tetraarylethylene-modified subphthalocyanines with distinctive fluorescent performances. Tetrahedron Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.153096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kim A, Hosseinmardi A, Annamalai PK, Kumar P, Patel R. Review on Colloidal Quantum Dots Luminescent Solar Concentrators. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202100674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Andrew Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York City, NY 10003 USA
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) The University of Queensland St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie Materiaux Télecommunications (INRS-EMT) Varennes QC Canada
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oklahoma 101 Stephenson Parkway Norman OK 73019 USA
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- Energy & Environmental Science and Engineering (EESE) Integrated Science and Engineering Division (ISED) Underwood International College Yonsei University 85 Songdogwahak-ro, Yeonsugu Incheon 21938 South Korea
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Leith GA, Martin CR, Mayers JM, Kittikhunnatham P, Larsen RW, Shustova NB. Confinement-guided photophysics in MOFs, COFs, and cages. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:4382-4410. [PMID: 33594994 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01519a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this review, the dependence of the photophysical response of chromophores in the confined environments associated with crystalline scaffolds, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), and molecular cages, has been carefully evaluated. Tunability of the framework aperture, cavity microenvironment, and scaffold topology significantly affects emission profiles, quantum yields, or fluorescence lifetimes of confined chromophores. In addition to the role of the host and its effect on the guest, the methods for integration of a chromophore (e.g., as a framework backbone, capping linker, ligand side group, or guest) are discussed. The overall potential of chromophore-integrated frameworks for a wide-range of applications, including artificial biomimetic systems, white-light emitting diodes, photoresponsive devices, and fluorescent sensors with unparalleled spatial resolution are highlighted throughout the review.
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- Gabrielle A Leith
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29210, USA.
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Li Y, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Li Y, Verduzco R. High‐performance hybrid luminescent‐scattering solar concentrators based on a luminescent conjugated polymer. POLYM INT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Yilin Li
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Rice University Houston TX USA
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- School of Environmental and Forest Sciences University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston Houston TX USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Rice University Houston TX USA
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Clustering-triggered Emission of Nonaromatic Polymers with Multitype Heteroatoms and Effective Hydrogen Bonding. Chem Res Chin Univ 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-021-0414-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Nara M, Orita R, Ishige R, Ando S. White-Light Emission and Tunable Luminescence Colors of Polyimide Copolymers Based on FRET and Room-Temperature Phosphorescence. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:14831-14841. [PMID: 32596621 PMCID: PMC7315587 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Thermally stable copolyimide (CoPI) films exhibiting high optical transparency and room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) were prepared by copolymerizing fluorescent dianhydride and brominated phosphorescent dianhydride with an alicyclic diamine. The CoPI films underwent a 5 wt % degradation at a temperature higher than 349 °C and exhibited dual fluorescent and phosphorescent emissions owing to their efficient Förster resonance energy transfer from the fluorescent to phosphorescent dianhydride moieties in the main chains, followed by an intersystem crossing from the singlet to triplet state of the latter moiety atoms. The CoPIs displayed bright RTP under a vacuum with various colors produced when adjusting the copolymerization ratio. CoPI with 5 mol % phosphorescent moiety (CoPI-05) emitted white light with high optical transparency owing to the suppression of the PI chain aggregation that causes a yellowish coloration. The copolymerization of fluorescent and phosphorescent PI moieties can control the photoluminescent properties of PI films and is applicable to color-tunable solid-state emitters, ratiometric oxygen sensors, and solar-spectrum converters.
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- Mayuko Nara
- Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1-E4-5, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1-E4-5, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1-E4-5, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science
and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1-E4-5, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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Meazzini I, Comby S, Richards KD, Withers AM, Turquet FX, Houston JE, Owens RM, Evans RC. Synthesis and characterisation of biocompatible organic-inorganic core-shell nanocomposite particles based on ureasils. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:4908-4916. [PMID: 32315019 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00100g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Organic-inorganic core-shell nanocomposites have attracted increasing attention for applications in imaging, controlled release, biomedical scaffolds and self-healing materials. While tunable properties can readily be achieved through the selection of complementary building blocks, synergistic enhancement requires management of the core-shell interface. In this work, we report a one-pot method to fabricate hybrid core-shell nanocomposite particles (CSNPs) based on ureasils. The native structure of ureasils, which are poly(oxyalkylene)/siloxane hybrids, affords formation of an organic polymer core via nanoprecipitation, while the terminal siloxane groups act as a template for nucleation and growth of the silica shell via the Stöber process. Through optimisation of the reaction conditions, we demonstrate the reproducible synthesis of ureasil CSNPs, with a hydrodynamic diameter of ∼150 nm and polydispersity <0.2, which remain electrostatically stabilised in aqueous media for >50 days. Selective functionalisation, either through the physical entrapment of polarity-sensitive fluorescent probes (coumarin 153, pyrene) or covalent-grafting to the silica shell (fluorescein isothiocyanate) is also demonstrated and provides insight into the internal environment of the particles. Moreover, preliminary studies using a live/dead cell assay indicate that ureasil CSNPs do not display cytotoxicity. Given the simple fabrication method and the structural tunability and biocompatability of the ureasils, this approach presents an efficient route to multifunctional core-shell nanocomposite particles whose properties may be tailored for a targeted application.
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- Ilaria Meazzini
- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK. and School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0FS, UK.
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