Experimental demonstration of photon upconversion via cooperative energy pooling

Weingarten, Daniel H.; LaCount, Michael D.; van de Lagemaat, Jao; Rumbles, Garry; Lusk, Mark T.; Shaheen, Sean E.

doi:10.1038/ncomms14808

Title: Experimental demonstration of photon upconversion via cooperative energy pooling

Journal Article · Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14808· OSTI ID:1348876

Weingarten, Daniel H. ^[1]; LaCount, Michael D. ^[2];

^[3]; Rumbles, Garry ^[4]; Lusk, Mark T. ^[2]; Shaheen, Sean E. ^[1]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Photon upconversion is a fundamental interaction of light and matter that has applications in fields ranging from bioimaging to microfabrication. However, all photon upconversion methods demonstrated thus far involve challenging aspects, including requirements of high excitation intensities, degradation in ambient air, requirements of exotic materials or phases, or involvement of inherent energy loss processes. Here we experimentally demonstrate a mechanism of photon upconversion in a thin film, binary mixture of organic chromophores that provides a pathway to overcoming the aforementioned disadvantages. This singlet-based process, called Cooperative Energy Pooling (CEP), utilizes a sensitizer-acceptor design in which multiple photoexcited sensitizers resonantly and simultaneously transfer their energies to a higher-energy state on a single acceptor. Data from this proof-of-concept implementation is fit by a proposed model of the CEP process. As a result, design guidelines are presented to facilitate further research and development of more optimized CEP systems.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1348876

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-67676

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 8; ISSN 2041-1723

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