Using lead chalcogenide nanocrystals as spin mixers: a perspective on near-infrared-to-visible upconversion

Nienhaus, Lea; Wu, Mengfei; Bulović, Vladimir; Baldo, Marc A.; Bawendi, Moungi G.

doi:10.1039/C8DT00419F

Using lead chalcogenide nanocrystals as spin mixers: a perspective on near-infrared-to-visible upconversion

Journal Article · 01 January 2018 · Dalton Transactions

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8DT00419F· OSTI ID:1470242

^[1]; ^[1]; Bulović, Vladimir ^[1]; Baldo, Marc A. ^[1]; ^[1]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge; USA

This perspective highlights recent advances in the field of PbS NC-sensitized near-infrared-to-visible upconversion based on triplet–triplet annihilation in rubrene.

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Excitonics (CE)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001088

OSTI ID:: 1470242

Journal Information:: Dalton Transactions, Vol. 47, Issue 26; Related Information: CE partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Brookhaven National Laboratory; Harvard University; ISSN 1477-9226

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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