Annihilator dimers enhance triplet fusion upconversion

Pun, Andrew B.; Sanders, Samuel N.; Sfeir, Matthew Y.; Campos, Luis M.; Congreve, Daniel N.

doi:10.1039/c8sc03725f

Annihilator dimers enhance triplet fusion upconversion

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Chemical Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc03725f· OSTI ID:1624967

^[1]; Sanders, Samuel N. ^[2]; ^[3]; Campos, Luis M. ^[4]; ^[2]

Department of Chemistry; Columbia University; New York; USA; DOE/OSTI
Rowland Institute at Harvard University; Cambridge; USA
Photonics Initiative; Advanced Science Research Center; City University of New York; New York; USA
Department of Chemistry; Columbia University; New York; USA

Optical upconversion is a net process by which two low energy photons are converted into one higher energy photon. There is vast potential to exploit upconversion in applications ranging from solar energy and biological imaging to data storage and photocatalysis. Here, we link two upconverting chromophores together to synthesize a series of novel tetracene dimers for use as annihilators. When compared with the monomer annihilator, TIPS–tetracene, the dimers yield a strong enhancement in the triplet fusion process, also known as triplet–triplet annihilation, as demonstrated via a large increase in upconversion efficiency and an order of magnitude reduction of the threshold power for maximum yield. Along with the ongoing rapid improvements to sensitizer materials, the dimerization improvements demonstrated here open the way to a wide variety of emerging upconversion applications.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI ID:: 1624967

Journal Information:: Chemical Science, Journal Name: Chemical Science Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-6520; ISSN CSHCBM

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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