Final Progress Report
In this project we have established guidelines for the design on organic chromophores suitable for producing high triplet yields via singlet fission. We have proven their utility by identifying a chromophore of a structural class that had never been examined for singlet fission before, 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran, and demonstrating in two independent ways that a thin layer of this material produces a triplet yield of 200% within experimental error. We have also designed a second chromophore of a very different type, again of a structural class that had not been examined for singlet fission before, and found that in a thin layer it produces a 70% triplet yield. Finally, we have enhanced the theoretical understanding of the quantum mechanical nature of the singlet fission process.
- Research Organization:
- University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG36-08GO18017
- OSTI ID:
- 1028143
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/GO18017-1; TRN: US201202%%598
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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