Ultrafast all‐optical switching

Z Chai, X Hu, F Wang, X Niu, J Xie… - Advanced Optical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrafast all‐optical switching, possessing the unique function of light controlling light, is an
essential component of on‐chip ultrafast optical connection networks as well as integrated …

Singlet exciton fission in polycrystalline pentacene: from photophysics toward devices

MWB Wilson, A Rao, B Ehrler… - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Singlet exciton fission is the process in conjugated organic molecules bywhich a
photogenerated singlet exciton couples to a nearby chromophore in the ground state …

Ultrafast long-range charge separation in organic semiconductor photovoltaic diodes

S Gélinas, A Rao, A Kumar, SL Smith, AW Chin, J Clark… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Understanding the charge-separation mechanism in organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) could
facilitate optimization of their overall efficiency. Here we report the time dependence of the …

Singlet fission involves an interplay between energetic driving force and electronic coupling in perylenediimide films

AK Le, JA Bender, DH Arias, DE Cotton… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Due to its ability to offset thermalization losses in photoharvesting systems, singlet fission
has become a topic of research interest. During singlet fission, a high energy spin-singlet …

Exploiting excited-state aromaticity to design highly stable singlet fission materials

KJ Fallon, P Budden, E Salvadori… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Singlet fission, the process of forming two triplet excitons from one singlet exciton, is a
characteristic reserved for only a handful of organic molecules due to the atypical energetic …

Temperature-independent singlet exciton fission in tetracene

MWB Wilson, A Rao, K Johnson… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We use transient absorption spectroscopy to demonstrate that the dynamics of singlet
exciton fission in tetracene are independent of temperature (10–270 K). Low-intensity, broad …

The nature of singlet exciton fission in carotenoid aggregates

AJ Musser, M Maiuri, D Brida, G Cerullo… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Singlet exciton fission allows the fast and efficient generation of two spin triplet states from
one photoexcited singlet. It has the potential to improve organic photovoltaics, enabling …

Parallel triplet formation pathways in a singlet fission material

N Maity, W Kim, NA Panjwani, A Kundu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Harvesting long-lived free triplets in high yields by utilizing organic singlet fission materials
can be the cornerstone for increasing photovoltaic efficiencies potentially. However, except …

The effect of solvent additives on morphology and excited-state dynamics in PCPDTBT: PCBM photovoltaic blends

F Etzold, IA Howard, N Forler, DM Cho… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The dependence of the thin film morphology and excited-state dynamics for the low-
bandgap donor–acceptor copolymer poly [2, 6-(4, 4-bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-4 H-cyclopenta [2, 1 …

Vibrational coherence probes the mechanism of ultrafast electron transfer in polymer–fullerene blends

Y Song, SN Clafton, RD Pensack, TW Kee… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The conversion of photoexcitations into charge carriers in organic solar cells is facilitated by
the dissociation of excitons at the donor/acceptor interface. The ultrafast timescale of charge …