Binary small molecule organic nanoparticles exhibit both direct and diffusion-limited ultrafast charge transfer with NIR excitation

Kudisch, Bryan; Maiuri, Margherita; Wang, Leon; Lim, Tristan; Lu, Hoang; Lee, Victoria; Prud'homme, Robert K.; Scholes, Gregory D.

doi:10.1039/c8nr09619h

Title: Binary small molecule organic nanoparticles exhibit both direct and diffusion-limited ultrafast charge transfer with NIR excitation

Journal Article · 15 January 2019 · Nanoscale

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr09619h · OSTI ID:1612285

Kudisch, Bryan ^[1]; Maiuri, Margherita ^[2];

^[2]; Lim, Tristan ^[2]; Lu, Hoang ^[2]; Lee, Victoria ^[2]; Prud'homme, Robert K. ^[2];

^[2]

Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); DOE/OSTI
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

In this study, we describe a facile, one-step synthesis of a binary organic nanoparticle composed completely of NIR-absorbing small molecules, a quatterylene diimide and a vanadyl napthalocyanine, using Flash Nanoprecipitation. We show that the molecules are co-encapsulated within an amphiphilic block copolymer shell by observing distinct ultrafast dynamics in the binary nanoparticles compared to nanoparticles of their individual components, which we rationalize as a photoinduced charge transfer. We then draw similarities between the charge transfer dynamics studied in our system and the charge dissociation process in macroscale organic bulk heterojunction blends for OPV applications by assigning the ultrafast time component (~10 ps) to direct interfacial charge transfer and the slow component (70–200 ps) to diffusion limited charge transfer. This discovery can inspire the development of mixed-composition nanoparticles with new functionality for optoelectronic and theranostic applications.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0015429

OSTI ID:: 1612285

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 11; ISSN 2040-3364

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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