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Wang X, Gao S, Luo Y, Liu X, Tom R, Zhao K, Chang V, Marom N. Computational Discovery of Intermolecular Singlet Fission Materials Using Many-Body Perturbation Theory. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2024; 128:7841-7864. [PMID: 38774154 PMCID: PMC11103713 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024]
Abstract
Intermolecular singlet fission (SF) is the conversion of a photogenerated singlet exciton into two triplet excitons residing on different molecules. SF has the potential to enhance the conversion efficiency of solar cells by harvesting two charge carriers from one high-energy photon, whose surplus energy would otherwise be lost to heat. The development of commercial SF-augmented modules is hindered by the limited selection of molecular crystals that exhibit intermolecular SF in the solid state. Computational exploration may accelerate the discovery of new SF materials. The GW approximation and Bethe-Salpeter equation (GW+BSE) within the framework of many-body perturbation theory is the current state-of-the-art method for calculating the excited-state properties of molecular crystals with periodic boundary conditions. In this Review, we discuss the usage of GW+BSE to assess candidate SF materials as well as its combination with low-cost physical or machine learned models in materials discovery workflows. We demonstrate three successful strategies for the discovery of new SF materials: (i) functionalization of known materials to tune their properties, (ii) finding potential polymorphs with improved crystal packing, and (iii) exploring new classes of materials. In addition, three new candidate SF materials are proposed here, which have not been published previously.
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- Xiaopeng Wang
- School
of Foundational Education, University of
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Qingdao 266113, China
- Qingdao
Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences, Institute of
Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, P. R. China
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department
of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Vong D, Maleki F, Novak EC, Daemen LL, Moulé AJ. Measuring Intermolecular Excited State Geometry for Favorable Singlet Fission in Tetracene. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:1188-1194. [PMID: 38270396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Singlet fission (SF) is the process of converting an excited singlet to a pair of excited triplets. Harvesting two charges from a single photon has the potential to increase photovoltaic device efficiencies. Acenes, such as tetracene and pentacene, are model molecules for studying SF. Despite SF being an endoergic process for tetracene and exoergic for pentacene, both acenes exhibit near unity SF quantum efficiencies, raising questions about how tetracene can overcome the energy barrier. Here, we use recently developed instrumentation to measure inelastic neutron scattering (INS) while optically exciting the model molecules using two different excitation energies. The spectroscopic results reveal intermolecular structural relaxation due to the presence of a triplet excited state. The structural dynamics of the combined excited state molecule and surrounding tetracene molecules are further studied using time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT), which shows that the singlet and triplet levels shift due to the excited state geometry, reducing the uphill energy barrier for SF to within kT.
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- Daniel Vong
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Ye L, Zhao Y, Xu R, Li S, Zhang C, Li H, Zhu H. Above 100% Efficiency Photocharge Generation in Monolayer Semiconductors by Singlet Fission Sensitization. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:26257-26265. [PMID: 37994880 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Sensitizing inorganic semiconductors using singlet fission (SF) materials, which produce two excitons from one absorbed photon, can potentially boost their light-to-electricity conversion efficiency. The SF sensitization is particularly exciting for two-dimensional (2D) layered semiconductors with atomically flat surface and high carrier mobility but limited light absorption. However, efficiently harnessing triplet excitons from SF by charge transfer at organic/inorganic interface has been challenging, and the intricate interplay among competing processes remains unresolved. Here, we investigate SF sensitization in high-quality organic/2D bilayer heterostructures featuring TIPS-Pc single crystals. Through transient magneto-optical spectroscopy, we demonstrate that despite an ultrafast SF process in sub-100 fs, a significant fraction of singlet excitons in TIPS-Pc dissociate at the interface before fission, while triplet excitons from SF undergo diffusion-limited charge transfer at the interface in ∼10 ps to ns. Remarkably, the photocharge generation efficiency reaches 126% in heterostructures with optimal thickness, resulting from the competitive interplay between singlet exciton fission, dissociation, and triplet exciton transport. This presents a promising strategy for advancing SF-enhanced 2D optoelectronics beyond the conventional limits.
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- Lei Ye
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, International Research Center for X Polymers, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, International Research Center for X Polymers, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, China
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Kaleta J, Dudič M, Ludvíková L, Liška A, Zaykov A, Rončević I, Mašát M, Bednárová L, Dron PI, Teat SJ, Michl J. Phenyl-Substituted Cibalackrot Derivatives: Synthesis, Structure, and Solution Photophysics. J Org Chem 2023. [PMID: 37219972 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Three symmetrically and three unsymmetrically substituted cibalackrot (7,14-diphenyldiindolo[3,2,1-de:3',2',1'-ij][1,5]naphthyridine-6,13-dione, 1) dyes carrying two derivatized phenyl rings have been synthesized as candidates for molecular electronics and especially for singlet fission, a process of interest for solar energy conversion. Solution measurements provided singlet and triplet excitation energies and fluorescence yields and lifetimes; conformational properties were analyzed computationally. The molecular properties are close to ideal for singlet fission. However, crystal structures, obtained by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), are rather similar to those of the polymorphs of solid 1, in which the formation of a charge-separated state followed by intersystem crossing, complemented with excimer formation, outcompetes singlet fission. Results of calculations by the approximate SIMPLE method suggest which ones among the solid derivatives are the best candidates for singlet fission, but it appears difficult to change the crystal packing in a desirable direction. We also describe the preparation of three specifically deuteriated versions of 1, expected to help sort out the mechanism of fast intersystem crossing in its charge-separated state.
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- Jiří Kaleta
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
- University of Chemistry and Technology, Technicka 5, 16000 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720-1460, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, United States
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Geng P, Chen D, Shivarudraiah SB, Chen X, Guo L, Halpert JE. Carrier Dynamics of Efficient Triplet Harvesting in AgBiS 2 /Pentacene Singlet Fission Solar Cells. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2300177. [PMID: 36938855 PMCID: PMC10161067 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Singlet fission is a process by which an organic semiconductor is able to generate two triplet excitons from a single photon. If charges from the triplets can be successfully harvested without heavy losses in energy, then this process can enable a single-junction solar cell to surpass the Shockley-Queisser limit. While singlet fission processes are commonly observed in several materials, harvesting the resulting triplets is difficult and has been demonstrated with only a few transport materials. Here, transient absorption spectroscopy is used to investigate singlet fission and carrier transfer processes at the AgBiS2 /pentacene (AgBiS2 /Pc) heterojunction. The successful transfer of triplets from pentacene to AgBiS2 and the transfer of holes from AgBiS2 to pentacene is observed. Further singlet fission in pentacene by modifying the crystallinity of the pentacene layer and have fabricated the first singlet fission AgBiS2 /Pc solar cell is enhanced. Singlet fission devices exhibit higher external quantum efficiency compared with the control devices, and thus demonstrating the significant contribution of charges from the singlet fission process.
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- Pai Geng
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR
- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (Southern University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- SUSTech Energy Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies (Southern University of Science and Technology), Ministry of Education, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR
- Energy Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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Huang LY, Ai Q, Risko C. The Role of Crystal Packing on the Optical Response of Trialkyltetrelethynyl Acenes. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:084703. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0097421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The electronic and optical responses of an organic semiconductor (OSC) are dictated by the chemistries of the molecular or polymer building blocks and how these chromophores pack in the solid state. Understanding the physicochemical natures of these responses are not only critical for determining OSC performance for a particular application, but the UV/visible optical response may also be of potential use to determine aspects of the molecular-scale solid-state packing for crystal polymorphs or thin-film morphologies that are difficult to determine otherwise. To probe these relationships, we report the quantum-chemical investigation of a series of trialkyltetrelethynyl acenes (tetrel = silicon or germanium) that adopt the brickwork (BW), slip-stack (SS), or herringbone (HB) packing configurations; the π-conjugated backbones considered here are pentacene (PEN) and anthradithiophene (ADT). For comparison, HB-packed (unsubstituted) pentacene is also included. Density functional theory (DFT) and G0W0 (single-shot GW) electronic band structures, G0W0-BSE (Bethe-Salpeter Equation)-derived optical spectra, polarized ϵ2 spectra, and distributions of both singlet and triplet exciton wave functions are reported. Configurational disorder is also considered. Further, we evaluate the probability of singlet fission in these materials through energy conservation relationships.
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- Chemistry, Fordham University - Rose Hill Campus, United States of America
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- Chemistry, University of Kentucky, United States of America
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Wang T, Zhang BY, Zhang HL. Singlet Fission Materials for Photovoltaics: from Small Molecules to Macromolecules. Macromol Rapid Commun 2022; 43:e2200326. [PMID: 35703581 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Singlet fission (SF) is a spin-allowed process in which a singlet state splits into two triplet states. Materials that enable SF have attracted great attention in the last decade, mainly stemming from the potential of overcoming the Shockley-Queisser (SQ) limit in photoenergy conversion. In the past decade, a large number of new molecules exhibiting SF have been explored and many devices based on SF materials have been studied, though the mechanistic understanding is still obscure. This review focuses on the recent developments of SF materials, including small molecules, oligomers and polymers. The molecular design strategies and related mechanisms of SF are discussed. Then the dynamics of charge transfer and energy transfer between SF materials and other materials are introduced. Further, we discuss the progresses of implementing SF in photovoltaics. It is hoped that a comprehensive understanding to the SF materials, devices and mechanism may pave a new way for the design of next generation photovoltaics. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Ting Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry (SKLAOC), Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China.,Prof. H. L. Zhang, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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Triplet Energy Transfer between Inorganic Nanocrystals and Organic Molecules. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2022.100128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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He G, Yablon LM, Parenti KR, Fallon KJ, Campos LM, Sfeir MY. Quantifying Exciton Transport in Singlet Fission Diblock Copolymers. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:3269-3278. [PMID: 35166107 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Singlet fission (SF) is a mechanism of exciton multiplication in organic chromophores, which has potential to drive highly efficient optoelectronic devices. Creating effective device architectures that operate by SF critically depends on electronic interactions across multiple length scales─from individual molecules to interchromophore interactions that facilitate multiexciton dephasing and exciton diffusion toward donor-acceptor interfaces. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the underpinnings of multiexciton transport and interfacial energy transfer in multichromophore systems. Interestingly, block copolymers (BCPs) can be designed to control multiscale interactions by tailoring the nature of the building blocks, yet SF dynamics are not well understood in these macromolecules. Here, we designed diblock copolymers comprising an inherent energy cleft at the interface between a block with pendent pentacene chromophores and an additional block with pendent tetracene chromophores. The singlet and triplet energy offset between the two blocks creates a driving force for exciton transport along the BCP chain in dilute solution. Using time-resolved optical spectroscopy, we have quantified the yields of key energy transfer steps, including both singlet and triplet energy transfer processes across the pentacene-tetracene interface. From this modular BCP architecture, we correlate the energy transfer time scales and relative yields with the length of each block. The ability to quantify these energy transfer processes provides valuable insights into exciton transport at critical length scales between bulk crystalline systems and small-molecule dimers─an area that has been underexplored.
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- Guiying He
- Department of Physics, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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Yoon J, Hou Y, Knoepfel AM, Yang D, Ye T, Zheng L, Yennawar N, Sanghadasa M, Priya S, Wang K. Bio-inspired strategies for next-generation perovskite solar mobile power sources. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:12915-12984. [PMID: 34622260 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01493a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Smart electronic devices are becoming ubiquitous due to many appealing attributes including portability, long operational time, rechargeability and compatibility with the user-desired form factor. Integration of mobile power sources (MPS) based on photovoltaic technologies with smart electronics will continue to drive improved sustainability and independence. With high efficiency, low cost, flexibility and lightweight features, halide perovskite photovoltaics have become promising candidates for MPS. Realization of these photovoltaic MPS (PV-MPS) with unconventionally extraordinary attributes requires new 'out-of-box' designs. Natural materials have provided promising designing solutions to engineer properties under a broad range of boundary conditions, ranging from molecules, proteins, cells, tissues, apparatus to systems in animals, plants, and humans optimized through billions of years of evolution. Applying bio-inspired strategies in PV-MPS could be biomolecular modification on crystallization at the atomic/meso-scale, bio-structural duplication at the device/system level and bio-mimicking at the functional level to render efficient charge delivery, energy transport/utilization, as well as stronger resistance against environmental stimuli (e.g., self-healing and self-cleaning). In this review, we discuss the bio-inspired/-mimetic structures, experimental models, and working principles, with the goal of revealing physics and bio-microstructures relevant for PV-MPS. Here the emphasis is on identifying the strategies and material designs towards improvement of the performance of emerging halide perovskite PVs and strategizing their bridge to future MPS.
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- Jungjin Yoon
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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- Huck Institute of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898, USA
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA.
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DuBose JT, Kamat PV. Directing Energy Transfer in Halide Perovskite-Chromophore Hybrid Assemblies. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:19214-19223. [PMID: 34726894 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Directing the flow of energy and the nature of the excited states that are produced in nanocrystal-chromophore hybrid assemblies is crucial for realizing their photocatalytic and optoelectronic applications. Using a combination of steady-state and time-resolved absorption and photoluminescence (PL) experiments, we have probed the excited-state interactions in the CsPbBr3-Rhodamine B (RhB) hybrid assembly. PL studies reveal quenching of the CsPbBr3 emission with a concomitant enhancement of the fluorescence of RhB, indicating a singlet-energy-transfer mechanism. Transient absorption spectroscopy shows that this energy transfer occurs on the ∼200 ps time scale. To understand whether the energy transfer occurs through a Förster or Dexter mechanism, we leveraged facile halide-exchange reactions to tune the optical properties of the donor CsPbBr3 by alloying with chloride. This allowed us to tune the spectral overlap between the donor CsPb(Br1-xClx)3 emission and acceptor RhB absorption. For CsPbBr3-RhB, the rate constant for energy transfer (kET) agrees well with Förster theory, whereas alloying with chloride to produce chloride-rich CsPb(Br1-xClx)3 favors a Dexter mechanism. These results highlight the importance of optimizing both the donor and acceptor properties to design light-harvesting assemblies that employ energy transfer. The ease of tuning optical properties through halide exchange of the nanocrystal donor provides a unique platform for studying and tailoring excited-state interactions in perovskite-chromophore assemblies.
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- Jeffrey T DuBose
- Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Asil D, Haciefendioğlu T. Aspect ratio dependent air stability of PbSe nanorods and photovoltaic applications. Turk J Chem 2021; 45:905-913. [PMID: 34385875 PMCID: PMC8326480 DOI: 10.3906/kim-2012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Development of unique strategies to overcome Shockley–Queisser (SQ) limit in solar cells has gained a great deal of interest. Multiple exciton generation (MEG) process has been considered as one of the best approaches to the SQ limitation. In this respect, PbSe quantum dots (QDs) and nanorods (NRs) have been regarded as promising solar energy harvesting materials owing to their noticeable MEG yields. Although air stability has been regarded as one of the main disadvantage of PbSe QDs, no study has pointed out to the air sensitivity of PbSe NRs yet. Here, we reveal the effect of aspect ratio on air sensitivity and optical properties of PbSe NRs and discover that NRs with higher aspect ratios are more air stable, attributed to the reduced density of NR ends with air sensitive {100} facets. Furthermore, a band offset was created by utilization of tetrabutylammonium iodide and 1,2-ethanedithiol ligands in cell designs. We found that solar cells based on pristine PbSe NRs are limited by low open circuit voltages due to leakage current pathways. On the other hand, modified cells comprising light absorbing layers prepared by blending NRs and QDs and hole transporting QD layer exhibit a 10-fold improvement in solar cell efficiency.
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- Demet Asil
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey.,The Center for Solar Energy Research and Application, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey.,Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey.,Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey
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Liang J, Ye S, Dai T, Zha Z, Gao Y, Zhu X. QM-symex, update of the QM-sym database with excited state information for 173 kilo molecules. Sci Data 2020; 7:400. [PMID: 33208742 PMCID: PMC7675965 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00746-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In the research field of material science, quantum chemistry database plays an indispensable role in determining the structure and properties of new material molecules and in deep learning in this field. A new quantum chemistry database, the QM-sym, has been set up in our previous work. The QM-sym is an open-access database focusing on transition states, energy, and orbital symmetry. In this work, we put forward the QM-symex with 173-kilo molecules. Each organic molecular in the QM-symex combines with the Cnh symmetry composite and contains the information of the first ten singlet and triplet transitions, including energy, wavelength, orbital symmetry, oscillator strength, and other quasi-molecular properties. QM-symex serves as a benchmark for quantum chemical machine learning models that can be effectively used to train new models of excited states in the quantum chemistry region as well as contribute to further development of the green energy revolution and materials discovery. Measurement(s) | Excitation • molecular structure data • Chemical Properties | Technology Type(s) | quantum chemistry computational method | Factor Type(s) | molecule |
Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13089554
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- Jiechun Liang
- Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), 13-15F, Tower G2, Xinghe World, Rd Yabao, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), 13-15F, Tower G2, Xinghe World, Rd Yabao, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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- Department of Mathematics, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Santa Barbara 522 University RD, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-3080, USA
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- Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), 13-15F, Tower G2, Xinghe World, Rd Yabao, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), 13-15F, Tower G2, Xinghe World, Rd Yabao, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), 13-15F, Tower G2, Xinghe World, Rd Yabao, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China.
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Parenti KR, He G, Sanders SN, Pun AB, Kumarasamy E, Sfeir MY, Campos LM. Bridge Resonance Effects in Singlet Fission. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:9392-9399. [PMID: 33138366 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c08427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A major benefit of intramolecular singlet fission (iSF) materials, in which through-bond interactions mediate triplet pair formation, is the ability to control the triplet formation dynamics through molecular engineering. One common design strategy is the use of molecular bridges to mediate interchromophore interactions, decreasing electronic coupling by increasing chromophore-chromophore separation. Here, we report how the judicious choice of aromatic bridges can enhance chromophore-chromophore electronic coupling. This molecular engineering strategy takes advantage of "bridge resonance", in which the frontier orbital energies are nearly degenerate with those of the covalently linked singlet fission chromophores, resulting in fast iSF even at large interchromophore separations. Using transient absorption spectroscopy, we investigate this bridge resonance effect in a series of pentacene and tetracene-bridged dimers, and we find that the rate of triplet formation is enhanced as the bridge orbitals approach resonance. This work highlights the important role of molecular connectivity in controlling the rate of iSF through chemical bonds and establishes critical design principles for future use of iSF materials in optoelectronic devices.
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- Kaia R Parenti
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Xue L, Song X, Feng Y, Cheng S, Lu G, Bu Y. General Dual-Switched Dynamic Singlet Fission Channels in Solvents Governed Jointly by Chromophore Structural Dynamics and Solvent Impact: Singlet Prefission Energetics Analyses. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17469-17479. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Lijuan Xue
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People’s Republic of China
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Sardar S. Effects of site-specific substitution to hexacene and its effect towards singlet fission. J Mol Graph Model 2020; 98:107608. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Li Q, Kan YH, Xu HL, Su ZM. Hydrogen Migration-Triggered Diradicaloid Singlet-Fission Switch. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:11791-11803. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Qing Li
- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, National and Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Batteries, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai’an 223300, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, National and Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Batteries, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Low-Dimensional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, Huai’an 223300, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, National and Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Batteries, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Material Chemistry, National and Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Batteries, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130024, P. R. China
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The Photophysical Properties of Triisopropylsilyl-ethynylpentacene—A Molecule with an Unusually Large Singlet-Triplet Energy Gap—In Solution and Solid Phases. CHEMISTRY-SWITZERLAND 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/chemistry2020033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The process of singlet-exciton fission (SEF) has attracted much attention of late. One of the most popular SEF compounds is TIPS-pentacene (TIPS-P, where TIPS = triisopropylsilylethynyl) but, despite its extensive use as both a reference and building block, its photophysical properties are not so well established. In particular, the triplet state excitation energy remains uncertain. Here, we report quantitative data and spectral characterization for excited-singlet and -triplet states in dilute solution. The triplet energy is determined to be 7940 ± 1200 cm−1 on the basis of sensitization studies using time-resolved photoacoustic calorimetry. The triplet quantum yield at the limit of low concentration and low laser intensity is only ca. 1%. Self-quenching occurs at high solute concentration where the fluorescence yield and lifetime decrease markedly relative to dilute solution but we were unable to detect excimer emission by steady-state spectroscopy. Short-lived fluorescence, free from excimer emission or phosphorescence, occurs for crystals of TIPS-P, most likely from amorphous domains.
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Singlet Fission in Self-assembled Amphipathic Tetracene Nanoparticles: Probing the Role of Charge-transfer State. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Duan R, Han G, Zeng Y, Peng Q, Yi Y. Suppressing triplet decay in quinoidal singlet fission materials: the role of molecular planarity and rigidity. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:7546-7551. [PMID: 32219273 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06987a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Singlet fission, in which one singlet exciton is split into two triplet excitons, provides the potential to exceed the Shockley-Queisser limit for the power conversion efficiencies of organic solar cells. However, the charge transfer from the triplet state is found to be slow in singlet fission materials, so suppression of the triplet decay is crucial for effective utilization of singlet fission. Here, we first investigated triplet decay for the singlet fission molecular materials of ThBF and TThBF, which are characteristic of twisted and flexible quinoidal backbones. It is found that these compounds show rapid nonradiative decay in the Franck-Condon region and through the T1/S0 crossing point. Interestingly, upon locking the backbone twist by methylene, the LThBF and LTThBF compounds exhibit much higher energy barriers from T1 to the T1/S0 crossing point, vanishing spin-orbit couplings, and decreased reorganization energies due to the planar and rigid structures. Consequently, both the triplet decay pathways are effectively suppressed. Our work reveals the importance of molecular planarity and rigidity in suppressing triplet decay and will be very helpful for full utilization of singlet fission in organic photovoltaics.
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- Ruihong Duan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Daiber B, Pujari SP, Verboom S, Luxembourg SL, Tabernig SW, Futscher MH, Lee J, Zuilhof H, Ehrler B. A method to detect triplet exciton transfer from singlet fission materials into silicon solar cells: Comparing different surface treatments. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:114201. [PMID: 32199443 DOI: 10.1063/1.5139486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Singlet fission is one of the most promising routes to overcome the single-junction efficiency limit for solar cells. Singlet fission-enhanced silicon solar cells are the most desirable implementation, but transfer of triplet excitons, the product of singlet fission, into silicon solar cells has proved to be very challenging. Here, we report on an all optical measurement technique for the detection of triplet exciton quenching at semiconductor interfaces, a necessary requirement for triplet exciton or charge transfer. The method relies on the growth of individual, single-crystal islands of the singlet fission material on the silicon surface. The islands have different heights, and we correlate these heights to the quenching efficiency of triplet excitons. The quenching efficiency is measured by spatially resolved delayed fluorescence and compared to a diffusion-quenching model. Using silicon capped with a blocking thermal oxide and aromatic monolayers, we demonstrate that this technique can quickly screen different silicon surface treatments for triplet exciton quenching.
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- Benjamin Daiber
- AMOLF, Center for Nanophotonics, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- TNO Energy Transition-Solar Energy, Westerduinweg 3, 1755 LE Petten, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Center for Nanophotonics, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Center for Nanophotonics, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Center for Nanophotonics, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708WE Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Center for Nanophotonics, Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Conjugated Polymer Controlled Morphology and Charge Transport of Small-Molecule Organic Semiconductors. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4344. [PMID: 32152385 PMCID: PMC7062911 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61282-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In this study, we report an effective approach to tune the crystallization, microstructure and charge transport of solution-processed organic semiconductors by blending with a conjugated polymer additive poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). When 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene (TIPS pentacene) was used as a model semiconductor material to mix with different amount of P3HT, their intermolecular interactions led to distinctive TIPS pentacene film morphologies, including randomly-oriented crystal ribbons, elongated needles with enhanced long-range order, and grass-like curved microwires with interlinkages. Each type of morphology was found to further correlate to considerably different charge transport and device performance. As compared to pristine TIPS pentacene devices, bottom-gate, top-contact OTFTs with 2% in weight P3HT additive showed a 2-fold and 5-fold improvement of average field-effect mobility and performance consistency (defined as the ratio of average mobility to the standard deviation), respectively. The improvement in transistor electrical performance can be attributed to the combined effect of enhanced crystal orientation and uniformity, as well as increased areal coverage. This work can be applied beyond the particular example demonstrated in this study and to tune the charge transport of other small-molecule organic semiconductors in general.
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Jones AC, Kearns NM, Ho JJ, Flach JT, Zanni MT. Impact of non-equilibrium molecular packings on singlet fission in microcrystals observed using 2D white-light microscopy. Nat Chem 2019; 12:40-47. [PMID: 31792384 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0368-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Singlet fission, the process of splitting a singlet exciton into two triplet excitons, has been proposed as a mechanism for improving the efficiency of future photovoltaic devices. In organic semiconductors exhibiting singlet fission, the geometric relationship between molecules plays an important role by setting the intermolecular couplings that determine the system energetics. Here, we spatially image TIPS-pentacene microcrystals using ultrafast two-dimensional white-light microscopy and discover a low-energy singlet state sparsely distributed throughout the microcrystals, with higher concentrations at edges and morphological defects. The spectra of these singlet states are consistent with slip-stacked molecular geometries and increased charge-transfer couplings. The picosecond-timescale kinetics of these low-energy singlet states matches that of the correlated triplet-pair state, which we attribute to singlet/triplet-pair interconversion at these sites. Our observations support the conclusion that small populations of geometries with favourable energetics can play outsized roles in singlet fission processes.
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- Andrew C Jones
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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Jones AC, Kearns NM, Bohlmann Kunz M, Flach JT, Zanni MT. Multidimensional Spectroscopy on the Microscale: Development of a Multimodal Imaging System Incorporating 2D White-Light Spectroscopy, Broadband Transient Absorption, and Atomic Force Microscopy. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:10824-10836. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b09099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Andrew C. Jones
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Sanders SN, Pun AB, Parenti KR, Kumarasamy E, Yablon LM, Sfeir MY, Campos LM. Understanding the Bound Triplet-Pair State in Singlet Fission. Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Reddy SR, Coto PB, Thoss M. Quantum dynamical simulation of intramolecular singlet fission in covalently coupled pentacene dimers. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:044307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5109897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S. Rajagopala Reddy
- Institute of Physics, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Avda. Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- Institute of Physics, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Willems RM, Meskers SCJ, Wienk MM, Janssen RAJ. Effect of Charge-Transfer State Energy on Charge Generation Efficiency via Singlet Fission in Pentacene-Fullerene Solar Cells. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2019; 123:10253-10261. [PMID: 31049121 PMCID: PMC6488139 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Singlet fission in pentacene creates two triplet excitons per absorbed photon. In a solar cell, each triplet can generate an electron-hole pair, and hence, external quantum efficiencies exceeding 100% have been reported for pentacene-fullerene solar cells. The energetics of this process are intriguing because the minimum photon energy loss, defined as the energy difference between the (triplet) exciton state and the open-circuit voltage, is less than 0.5 eV and distinctively smaller than that in most organic donor-acceptor solar cells. To investigate the energetics of this process, we analyze the effect of the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) for different fullerene derivatives. With the LUMO energy becoming less negative, the open-circuit voltage increases and charge generation decreases. For all but one of the fullerenes tested, the charge-transfer state energy is distinctively higher than the pentacene triplet energy, revealing that charge generation via singlet fission is actually endergonic. An elementary Marcus model for the rate of electron transfer provides a qualitative description of the experimental trends, in accordance with an endergonic charge transfer. Considering that charge generation from triplet states is endergonic, involvement of pentacene singlet states, either from direct photoexcitation or via triplet-triplet annihilation, cannot be excluded.
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- Robin
E. M. Willems
- Molecular
Materials and Nanosystems and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Molecular
Materials and Nanosystems and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Molecular
Materials and Nanosystems and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Molecular
Materials and Nanosystems and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612
AJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Basel BS, Hetzer C, Zirzlmeier J, Thiel D, Guldi R, Hampel F, Kahnt A, Clark T, Guldi DM, Tykwinski RR. Davydov splitting and singlet fission in excitonically coupled pentacene dimers. Chem Sci 2019; 10:3854-3863. [PMID: 31015927 PMCID: PMC6461118 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00384c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Singlet fission (SF) allows two charges to be generated from the absorption of a single photon and is, therefore, potentially transformative toward improving solar energy conversion. Key to the present study of SF is the design of pentacene dimers featuring a xanthene linker that strictly places two pentacene chromophores in a rigid arrangement and, in turn, enforces efficient, intramolecular π-overlap that mimics interactions typically found in condensed state (e.g., solids, films, etc.). Inter-chromophore communication ensures Davydov splitting, which plays an unprecedented role toward achieving SF in pentacene dimers. Transient absorption measurements document that intramolecular SF evolves upon excitation into the lower Davydov bands to form a correlated triplet pair at cryogenic temperature. At room temperature, the two spin-correlated triplets, one per pentacene moiety within the dimers, are electronically coupled to an excimer state. The presented results are transferable to a broad range of acene morphologies including aggregates, crystals, and films.
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- Bettina Sabine Basel
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) , Egerlandstrasse 3 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany .
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) , Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Strasse 10 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) , Egerlandstrasse 3 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany .
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) , Egerlandstrasse 3 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany .
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) , Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Strasse 10 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) , Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Strasse 10 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) , Permoserstr. 15 , D-04318 Leipzig , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Computer-Chemistry-Center (CCC) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Nägelsbachstrasse 25 , 91052 Erlangen , Germany .
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM) , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) , Egerlandstrasse 3 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta, T6G 2G2 , Canada .
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Lu H, Chen X, Anthony JE, Johnson JC, Beard MC. Sensitizing Singlet Fission with Perovskite Nanocrystals. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:4919-4927. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b13562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Haipeng Lu
- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Chemistry & Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Hu FQ, Zhao Q, Peng XB. Improved model on fluorescence decay in singlet fission materials. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:2153-2165. [PMID: 30644475 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06380j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Singlet fission (SF) materials are a kind of promising material for breaking the solar cell efficiency limit. Here we rebuild the four-electron spin Hamiltonian under our coordinate system and present an improved model described by the population evolution equations on fluorescence decay (FD) dynamics that contain several detailed physical processes. The improved model for total random molecular orientation gives a more consistent fitting on the experimental data [G. B. Piland et al., J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 1224] about time-resolved FD of amorphous rubrene thin films in the presence of a strong magnetic field. The fitting can reflect the relative rates of the real physical processes. Further on, our results show two kinds of magnetic field effect for the variety of two molecular relative orientations with respect to each other and the magnetic field by investigating the singlet projection and FD dynamics of the system.
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- Fang-Qi Hu
- Center for Quantum Technology Research, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China.
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Sakai H, Inaya R, Tkachenko NV, Hasobe T. High‐Yield Generation of Triplet Excited States by an Efficient Sequential Photoinduced Process from Energy Transfer to Singlet Fission in Pentacene‐Modified CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots. Chemistry 2018; 24:17062-17071. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Hayato Sakai
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 223-8522, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 223-8522, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 541, 33101, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 223-8522, Japan
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Reddy SR, Coto PB, Thoss M. Intramolecular Singlet Fission: Insights from Quantum Dynamical Simulations. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:5979-5986. [PMID: 30257561 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We investigate the dynamics of intramolecular singlet fission in a dimer consisting of two pentacene-based chromophores covalently bonded to a phenylene spacer using an approach that combines high-level ab initio multireference perturbation theory methods and quantum dynamical simulations. The results show that the population of the multiexcitonic state, corresponding to the first step of singlet fission, is facilitated by the existence of higher-lying doubly excited and charge transfer states that participate in a superexchange-like way. The important role played by high-frequency ring-breathing molecular vibrations in the process is also discussed.
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- S Rajagopala Reddy
- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics , Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- Institute of Physics , Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg , 79104 Freiburg , Germany
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Kunzmann A, Gruber M, Casillas R, Zirzlmeier J, Stanzel M, Peukert W, Tykwinski RR, Guldi DM. Singulettspaltung für Photovoltaikanwendungen mit Injektionseffizienzen von bis zu 130 %. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201801041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Andreas Kunzmann
- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare MaterialienFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstraße 3 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare MaterialienFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare MaterialienFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstraße 3 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare MaterialienFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstraße 3 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Lehrstuhl für Feststoff- und Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Funktionale PartikelsystemeFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Cauerstraße 4 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Lehrstuhl für Feststoff- und Grenzflächenverfahrenstechnik &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Funktionale PartikelsystemeFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Cauerstraße 4 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare MaterialienFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 Kanada
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie &, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Molekulare MaterialienFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstraße 3 91058 Erlangen Deutschland
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Kunzmann A, Gruber M, Casillas R, Zirzlmeier J, Stanzel M, Peukert W, Tykwinski RR, Guldi DM. Singlet Fission for Photovoltaics with 130 % Injection Efficiency. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:10742-10747. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Andreas Kunzmann
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular MaterialsFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Strasse 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular MaterialsFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular MaterialsFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology & Interdisciplinary Center of Functional Particle SystemsFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Cauerstrasse 4 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology & Interdisciplinary Center of Functional Particle SystemsFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Cauerstrasse 4 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM)Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Strasse 10 91058 Erlangen Germany
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G2 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular MaterialsFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 3 91058 Erlangen Germany
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Bender JA, Raulerson EK, Li X, Goldzak T, Xia P, Van Voorhis T, Tang ML, Roberts ST. Surface States Mediate Triplet Energy Transfer in Nanocrystal-Acene Composite Systems. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:7543-7553. [PMID: 29846066 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hybrid organic:inorganic materials composed of semiconductor nanocrystals functionalized with acene ligands have recently emerged as a promising platform for photon upconversion. Infrared light absorbed by a nanocrystal excites charge carriers that can pass to surface-bound acenes, forming triplet excitons capable of fusing to produce visible radiation. To fully realize this scheme, energy transfer between nanocrystals and acenes must occur with high efficiency, yet the mechanism of this process remains poorly understood. To improve our knowledge of the fundamental steps involved in nanoparticle:acene energy transfer, we used ultrafast transient absorption to investigate excited electronic dynamics of PbS nanocrystals chemically functionalized with 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene (TIPS-pentacene) ligands. We find photoexcitation of PbS does not lead to direct triplet energy transfer to surface-bound TIPS-pentacene molecules but rather to the formation of an intermediate state within 40 ps. This intermediate persists for ∼100 ns before evolving to produce TIPS-pentacene triplet excitons. Analysis of transient absorption lineshapes suggests this intermediate corresponds to charge carriers localized at the PbS nanocrystal surface. This hypothesis is supported by constrained DFT calculations that find a large number of spin-triplet states at PbS NC surfaces. Though some of these states can facilitate triplet transfer, others serve as traps that hinder it. Our results highlight that nanocrystal surfaces play an active role in mediating energy transfer to bound acene ligands and must be considered when optimizing composite NC-based materials for photon upconversion, photocatalysis, and other optoelectronic applications.
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- Jon A Bender
- Department of Chemistry , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California Riverside , Riverside , California 92521 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Materials Science & Engineering Program , University of California Riverside , Riverside , California 92521 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California Riverside , Riverside , California 92521 , United States.,Materials Science & Engineering Program , University of California Riverside , Riverside , California 92521 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States
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Tempelaar R, Reichman DR. Vibronic exciton theory of singlet fission. I. Linear absorption and the anatomy of the correlated triplet pair state. J Chem Phys 2018; 146:174703. [PMID: 28477613 DOI: 10.1063/1.4982362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Recent time-resolved spectroscopic experiments have indicated that vibronic coupling plays a vital role in facilitating the process of singlet fission. In this work, which forms the first article of a series, we set out to unravel the mechanisms underlying singlet fission through a vibronic exciton theory. We formulate a model in which both electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom are treated microscopically and non-perturbatively. Using pentacene as a prototypical material for singlet fission, we subject our theory to comparison with measurements on polarization-resolved absorption of single crystals, and employ our model to characterize the excited states underlying the absorption band. Special attention is given to the convergence of photophysical observables with respect to the basis size employed, through which we determine the optimal basis for more expensive calculations to be presented in subsequent work. We furthermore evaluate the energetic separation between the optically prepared singlet excited state and the correlated triplet pair state, as well as provide a real-space characterization of the latter, both of which are of key importance in the discussion of fission dynamics. We discuss our results in the context of recent experimental studies.
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- Roel Tempelaar
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 3000 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, 3000 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Singlet fission is a photophysical reaction in which a singlet excited electronic state splits into two spin-triplet states. Singlet fission was discovered more than 50 years ago, but the interest in this process has gained a lot of momentum in the past decade due to its potential as a way to boost solar cell efficiencies. This review presents and discusses the most recent advances with respect to the theoretical and computational studies on the singlet fission phenomenon. The work revisits important aspects regarding electronic states involved in the process, the evaluation of fission rates and interstate couplings, the study of the excited state dynamics in singlet fission, and the advances in the design and characterization of singlet fission compounds and materials such as molecular dimers, polymers, or extended structures. Finally, the review tries to pinpoint some aspects that need further improvement and proposes future lines of research for theoretical and computational chemists and physicists in order to further push the understanding and applicability of singlet fission.
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- David Casanova
- Kimika Fakultatea , Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) , P.K. 1072, 20080 Donostia , Euskadi, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque, Foundation for Science , 48013 Bilbao , Euskadi, Spain
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Ito S, Nagami T, Nakano M. Molecular design for efficient singlet fission. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Folie BD, Haber JB, Refaely-Abramson S, Neaton JB, Ginsberg NS. Long-Lived Correlated Triplet Pairs in a π-Stacked Crystalline Pentacene Derivative. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:2326-2335. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Grieco C, Kennehan ER, Rimshaw A, Payne MM, Anthony JE, Asbury JB. Harnessing Molecular Vibrations to Probe Triplet Dynamics During Singlet Fission. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:5700-5706. [PMID: 29112418 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy in the mid-infrared spectral range provides the opportunity to probe the dynamics of electronic states involved in all stages of the singlet fission reaction through their unique vibrational frequencies. This capability is demonstrated using a model singlet fission chromophore, 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene (TIPS-Pn). The alkyne groups of the TIPS side chains are coupled to the conjugated framework of the pentacene cores, enabling direct examination of the dynamics of triplet excitons that have successfully separated from correlated triplet pair states in crystalline films of TIPS-Pn. Relaxation processes during the separation of triplet excitons and triplet-triplet annihilation after their separation result in the formation of hot ground state molecules that also exhibit unique vibrational frequencies. Because all organic molecules possess native vibrational modes, ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy offers a new approach to examine the dynamics of electronic intermediates that may inform ongoing efforts to utilize singlet fission to overcome thermalization losses in photovoltaic applications.
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- Christopher Grieco
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , State College, Pennsylvania 16801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , State College, Pennsylvania 16801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , State College, Pennsylvania 16801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky 40506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky 40506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University , State College, Pennsylvania 16801, United States
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Lukman S, Richter JM, Yang L, Hu P, Wu J, Greenham NC, Musser AJ. Efficient Singlet Fission and Triplet-Pair Emission in a Family of Zethrene Diradicaloids. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:18376-18385. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Steven Lukman
- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionoplis Way, Singapore 138634, Singapore
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionoplis Way, Singapore 138634, Singapore
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- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionoplis Way, Singapore 138634, Singapore
- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Cavendish
Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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Gruber M, Padberg K, Min J, Waterloo AR, Hampel F, Maid H, Ameri T, Brabec CJ, Tykwinski RR. Acenequinocumulenes: Lateral and Vertical π-Extended Analogues of Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ). Chemistry 2017; 23:17829-17835. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Marco Gruber
- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie; Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie; Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
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- Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET); Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Martensstrasse 7 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie; Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie; Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie; Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
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- Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET); Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Martensstrasse 7 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET); Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Martensstrasse 7 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department für Chemie und Pharmazie; Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU); Henkestrasse 42 91054 Erlangen Germany
- Current address: Department of Chemistry; University of Alberta; Edmonton AB T6G 2G2 Canada
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Pun AB, Sanders SN, Kumarasamy E, Sfeir MY, Congreve DN, Campos LM. Triplet Harvesting from Intramolecular Singlet Fission in Polytetracene. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1701416. [PMID: 28910503 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Singlet fission (SF), a promising mechanism of multiple exciton generation, has only recently been engineered as a fast, efficient, intramolecular process (iSF). The challenge now lies in designing and optimizing iSF materials that can be practically applied in high-performance optoelectronic devices. However, most of the reported iSF systems, such as those based on donor-acceptor polymers or pentacene, have low triplet energies, which limits their applications. Tetracene-based materials can overcome significant challenges, as the tetracene triplet state is practically useful, ≈1.2 eV. Here, the synthesis and excited state dynamics of a conjugated tetracene homopolymer are studied. This polymer undergoes ultrafast iSF in solution, generating high-energy triplets on a sub-picosecond time scale. Magnetic-field-dependent photocurrent measurements of polytetracene-based devices demonstrate the first example of iSF-generated triplet extraction in devices, exhibiting the potential of iSF materials for use in next-generation devices.
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- Andrew B Pun
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Energy Frontier Research Center for Excitonics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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Minaki H, Kawata S, Furudate J, Saito A, Katagiri H, Pu YJ. Donor- or Acceptor-type 9,9′-Bifluorenylidene Derivatives for Attaining Singlet Fission Character in Organic Photovoltaics. CHEM LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.170437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Hiroko Minaki
- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510
- JST-PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012
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Sardar S. Monitoring of the energy levels by heteroatom substitution to hexacene and controlling over singlet fission and photo-oxidative resistance. J Mol Graph Model 2017; 74:24-37. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2017.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Xia J, Sanders SN, Cheng W, Low JZ, Liu J, Campos LM, Sun T. Singlet Fission: Progress and Prospects in Solar Cells. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29. [PMID: 27973702 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201601652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Revised: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The third generation of photovoltaic technology aims to reduce the fabrication cost and improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cells. Singlet fission (SF), an efficient multiple exciton generation (MEG) process in organic semiconductors, is one promising way to surpass the Shockley-Queisser limit of conventional single-junction solar cells. Traditionally, this MEG process has been observed as an intermolecular process in organic materials. The implementation of intermolecular SF in photovoltaic devices has achieved an external quantum efficiency of over 100% and demonstrated significant promise for boosting the PCE of third generation solar cells. More recently, efficient intramolecular SF has been reported. Intramolecular SF materials are modular and have the potential to overcome certain design constraints that intermolecular SF materials possess, which may allow for more facile integration into devices.
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- Jianlong Xia
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027, United States
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027, United States
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10027, United States
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, No. 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Di D, Yang L, Richter JM, Meraldi L, Altamimi RM, Alyamani AY, Credgington D, Musselman KP, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Friend RH. Efficient Triplet Exciton Fusion in Molecularly Doped Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1605987. [PMID: 28145598 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201605987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Solution-processed polymer organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) doped with triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA)-upconversion molecules, including 9,10-diphenylanthracene, perylene, rubrene and TIPS-pentacene, are reported. The fraction of triplet-generated electroluminescence approaches the theoretical limit. Record-high efficiencies in solution-processed OLEDs based on these materials are achieved. Unprecedented solid-state TTA-upconversion quantum yield of 23% (TTA-upconversion reaction efficiency of 70%) at electrical excitation well below one-sun equivalent is observed.
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- Dawei Di
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- King Abudulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, 12371, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abudulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, 12371, Saudi Arabia
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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- Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
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Lee S, Hwang D, Jung SI, Kim D. Electron Transfer from Triplet State of TIPS-Pentacene Generated by Singlet Fission Processes to CH 3NH 3PbI 3 Perovskite. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:884-888. [PMID: 28169550 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To reveal the applicability of singlet fission processes in perovskite solar cell, we investigated electron transfer from TIPS-pentacene to CH3NH3PbI3 (MAPbI3) perovskite in film phase. Through the observation of the shorter fluorescence lifetime in TIPS-pentacene/MAPbI3 perovskite bilayer film (5 ns) compared with pristine MAPbI3 perovskite film (20 ns), we verified electron-transfer processes between TIPS-pentacene and MAPbI3 perovskite. Furthermore, the observation of singlet fission processes, a faster decay rate, TIPS-pentacene cations, and the analysis of kinetic profiles of the intensity ratio between 500 and 525 nm in the TA spectra of the TIPS-pentacene/MAPbI3 perovskite bilayer film indicate that electron transfer occurs from triplet state of TIPS-pentacene generated by singlet fission processes to MAPbI3 perovskite conduction band. We believe that our results can provide useful information on the design of solar cells sensitized by singlet fission processes and pave the way for new types of perovskite solar cells.
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- Sangsu Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory for Functional π-Electronic Systems, Yonsei University , Seoul 03722, Korea
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Groves C. Simulating charge transport in organic semiconductors and devices: a review. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2017; 80:026502. [PMID: 27991440 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/80/2/026502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Charge transport simulation can be a valuable tool to better understand, optimise and design organic transistors (OTFTs), photovoltaics (OPVs), and light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). This review presents an overview of common charge transport and device models; namely drift-diffusion, master equation, mesoscale kinetic Monte Carlo and quantum chemical Monte Carlo, and a discussion of the relative merits of each. This is followed by a review of the application of these models as applied to charge transport in organic semiconductors and devices, highlighting in particular the insights made possible by modelling. The review concludes with an outlook for charge transport modelling in organic electronics.
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- C Groves
- Durham University, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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Cao LH, Li HY, Xu H, Wei YL, Zang SQ. Diverse dissolution–recrystallization structural transformations and sequential Förster resonance energy transfer behavior of a luminescent porous Cd-MOF. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:11656-11663. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02697h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The fluorescent porous MOFs can be host materials to explore vectorial Förster resonance energy transfer between MOFs and organic dyes.
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- Li-Hui Cao
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- Zhengzhou University
- Zhengzhou 450001
- China
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