Activating intramolecular singlet exciton fission by altering π-bridge flexibility in perylene diimide trimers for organic solar cells
Abstract
In this study, two analogous perylene diimide (PDI) trimers, whose structures show rotatable single bond π-bridge connection (twisted) vs. rigid/fused π-bridge connection (planar), were synthesized and investigated. We show via time resolved spectroscopic measurements how the π-bridge connections in A–π–D–π–A–π–D–π–A multichromophoric PDI systems strongly affect the triplet yield and triplet formation rate. In the planar compound, with stronger intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) character, triplet formation occurs via conventional intersystem crossing. However, clear evidence of efficient and fast intramolecular singlet exciton fission (iSEF) is observed in the twisted trimer compound with weaker ICT character. Multiexciton triplet generation and separation occur in the twisted (flexible-bridged) PDI trimer, where weak coupling among the units is observed as a result of the degenerate double triplet and quintet states, obtained by quantum chemical calculations. The high triplet yield and fast iSEF observed in the twisted compound are due not only to enthalpic viability but also to the significant entropic gain allowed by its trimeric structure. Our results represent a significant step forward in structure–property understanding, and may direct the design of new efficient iSEF materials.
- Authors:
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Department of Chemistry Biology and Biotechnology
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Department of Chemistry
- Department of Chemistry, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1647278
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1715513
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012482; DMR-1709005
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Chemical Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Chemical Science Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 33; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-6520
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Carlotti, Benedetta, Madu, Ifeanyi K., Kim, Hyungjun, Cai, Zhengxu., Jiang, Hanjie, Muthike, Angelar K., Yu, Luping, Zimmerman, Paul M., and Goodson, Theodore. Activating intramolecular singlet exciton fission by altering π-bridge flexibility in perylene diimide trimers for organic solar cells. United Kingdom: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1039/D0SC03271A.
Carlotti, Benedetta, Madu, Ifeanyi K., Kim, Hyungjun, Cai, Zhengxu., Jiang, Hanjie, Muthike, Angelar K., Yu, Luping, Zimmerman, Paul M., & Goodson, Theodore. Activating intramolecular singlet exciton fission by altering π-bridge flexibility in perylene diimide trimers for organic solar cells. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC03271A
Carlotti, Benedetta, Madu, Ifeanyi K., Kim, Hyungjun, Cai, Zhengxu., Jiang, Hanjie, Muthike, Angelar K., Yu, Luping, Zimmerman, Paul M., and Goodson, Theodore. Wed .
"Activating intramolecular singlet exciton fission by altering π-bridge flexibility in perylene diimide trimers for organic solar cells". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC03271A.
@article{osti_1647278,
title = {Activating intramolecular singlet exciton fission by altering π-bridge flexibility in perylene diimide trimers for organic solar cells},
author = {Carlotti, Benedetta and Madu, Ifeanyi K. and Kim, Hyungjun and Cai, Zhengxu. and Jiang, Hanjie and Muthike, Angelar K. and Yu, Luping and Zimmerman, Paul M. and Goodson, Theodore},
abstractNote = {In this study, two analogous perylene diimide (PDI) trimers, whose structures show rotatable single bond π-bridge connection (twisted) vs. rigid/fused π-bridge connection (planar), were synthesized and investigated. We show via time resolved spectroscopic measurements how the π-bridge connections in A–π–D–π–A–π–D–π–A multichromophoric PDI systems strongly affect the triplet yield and triplet formation rate. In the planar compound, with stronger intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) character, triplet formation occurs via conventional intersystem crossing. However, clear evidence of efficient and fast intramolecular singlet exciton fission (iSEF) is observed in the twisted trimer compound with weaker ICT character. Multiexciton triplet generation and separation occur in the twisted (flexible-bridged) PDI trimer, where weak coupling among the units is observed as a result of the degenerate double triplet and quintet states, obtained by quantum chemical calculations. The high triplet yield and fast iSEF observed in the twisted compound are due not only to enthalpic viability but also to the significant entropic gain allowed by its trimeric structure. Our results represent a significant step forward in structure–property understanding, and may direct the design of new efficient iSEF materials.},
doi = {10.1039/D0SC03271A},
journal = {Chemical Science},
number = 33,
volume = 11,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC03271A
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