Nanoengineering triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion: from materials to real-world applications

T Schloemer, P Narayanan, Q Zhou, E Belliveau… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Using light to control matter has captured the imagination of scientists for generations, as
there is an abundance of photons at our disposal. Yet delivering photons beyond the surface …

Enhancing triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion: from molecular design to present applications

L Zeng, L Huang, J Han, G Han - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Photon upconversion, the process of converting low-energy photons into high-
energy ones, has been widely applied for solar energy conversion, photoredox catalysis …

Diphenylanthracene dimers for triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion: mechanistic insights for intramolecular pathways and the importance of molecular …

A Olesund, V Gray, J Mårtensson… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Novel approaches to modify the spectral output of the sun have seen a surge in interest
recently, with triplet–triplet annihilation driven photon upconversion (TTA-UC) gaining …

Zinc (II) complexes with triplet charge-transfer excited states enabling energy-transfer catalysis, photoinduced electron transfer, and upconversion

JA Kübler, B Pfund, OS Wenger - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Many CuI complexes have luminescent triplet charge-transfer excited states with diverse
applications in photophysics and photochemistry, but for isoelectronic ZnII compounds, this …

Lessons from intramolecular singlet fission with covalently bound chromophores

NV Korovina, NF Pompetti, JC Johnson - The Journal of chemical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular dimers, oligomers, and polymers are versatile components in photophysical and
optoelectronic architectures that could impact a variety of applications. We present a …

Discovery of key TIPS‐naphthalene for efficient visible‐to‐UV photon upconversion under sunlight and room light

N Harada, Y Sasaki, M Hosoyamada… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While many studies have been done on triplet–triplet annihilation‐based photon
upconversion (TTA‐UC) to produce visible light with high efficiency, the efficient TTA‐UC …

Molecular engineering of chromophores to enable triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion

KJ Fallon, EM Churchill, SN Sanders… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) is an unconventional photophysical
process that yields high-energy photons from low-energy incident light and offers pathways …

Tetracene Dimers: A Platform for Intramolecular Down-and Up-conversion

Y Bo, Y Hou, D Thiel, R Weiß, T Clark… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photon energy conversion can be accomplished in many different ways, including the two
opposing manners, down-conversion (ie, singlet fission, SF) and up-conversion (ie, triplet …

Diffusion-free intramolecular triplet–triplet annihilation in engineered conjugated chromophores for sensitized photon upconversion

S Mattiello, S Mecca, A Ronchi, A Calascibetta… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The photon upconversion based on sensitized triplet–triplet annihilation (s TTA-UC) is a spin-
flip mechanism exploited to recover the energy stored on dark triplet states in conjugated …

Ultra-small PbS nanocrystals as sensitizers for red-to-blue triplet-fusion upconversion

CJ Imperiale, PB Green, M Hasham, MWB Wilson - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photon upconversion is a strategy to generate high-energy excitations from low-energy
photon input, enabling advanced architectures for imaging and photochemistry. Here, we …