Photon upconversion for photovoltaics and photocatalysis: a critical review: focus review

BS Richards, D Hudry, D Busko, A Turshatov… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Opportunities for enhancing solar energy harvesting using photon upconversion are
reviewed. The increasing prominence of bifacial solar cells is an enabling factor for the …

Future and challenges for hybrid upconversion nanosystems

S Wen, J Zhou, PJ Schuck, YD Suh, TW Schmidt… - Nature Photonics, 2019 - nature.com
To improve the efficiency of photon upconversion, a hybrid approach of combining organic
dyes and inorganic nanoparticles is proving successful, especially in the form of dye …

Hybrid molecule–nanocrystal photon upconversion across the visible and near-infrared

Z Huang, X Li, M Mahboub, KM Hanson, VM Nichols… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The ability to upconvert two low energy photons into one high energy photon has potential
applications in solar energy, biological imaging, and data storage. In this Letter, CdSe and …

Colloidal quantum dots as photocatalysts for triplet excited state reactions of organic molecules

Y Jiang, EA Weiss - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020 - ACS Publications
Triplet excited state chemistry has enabled a range of important organic transformations by
accessing reaction pathways inaccessible to photoredox chemistry. Such photoreactions are …

Molecular triplet sensitization and photon upconversion using colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals

Y Han, S He, K Wu - ACS Energy Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals have recently emerged as a novel class of
photosensitizers for molecular spin-triplet states. This sensitization strategy combines the …

How pendant groups dictate energy and electron transfer in perovskite–rhodamine light harvesting assemblies

JT DuBose, PV Kamat - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy and electron transfer processes allow for efficient manipulation of excited states
within light harvesting assemblies for photocatalytic and optoelectronic applications. We …

Achieving spin-triplet exciton transfer between silicon and molecular acceptors for photon upconversion

P Xia, EK Raulerson, D Coleman, CS Gerke… - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals interfaced with spin-triplet exciton-accepting organic
molecules have emerged as promising materials for converting incoherent long-wavelength …

Speed limit for triplet-exciton transfer in solid-state PbS nanocrystal-sensitized photon upconversion

L Nienhaus, M Wu, N Geva, JJ Shepherd… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hybrid interfaces combining inorganic and organic materials underpin the operation of many
optoelectronic and photocatalytic systems and allow for innovative approaches to photon up …

Thermally activated delayed photoluminescence from pyrenyl-functionalized CdSe quantum dots

C Mongin, P Moroz, M Zamkov, FN Castellano - Nature Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
The generation and transfer of triplet excitons across semiconductor nanomaterial–
molecular interfaces will play an important role in emerging photonic and optoelectronic …

Efficient infrared-to-visible upconversion with subsolar irradiance

M Mahboub, Z Huang, ML Tang - Nano Letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Third generation photovoltaics are inexpensive modules that promise power conversion
efficiencies exceeding the thermodynamic Shockley–Queisser limit, perhaps by using up-or …