Recent advances in triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion and singlet fission, towards solar energy applications

AJ Carrod, V Gray, K Börjesson - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is an ample renewable energy resource, with photovoltaic (PV) technology
enabling a direct route from light to electricity. Currently, PVs are limited in photon …

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 …

Application of triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion in organic optoelectronic devices: advances and perspectives

C Gao, WWH Wong, Z Qin, SC Lo… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductor materials have been widely used in various optoelectronic devices
due to their rich optical and/or electrical properties, which are highly related to their excited …

Highly effective near-infrared activating triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion for photoredox catalysis

L Huang, W Wu, Y Li, K Huang, L Zeng… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Organic triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) materials have considerable
promise in areas as broad as biology, solar energy harvesting, and photocatalysis …

Tuning the fluorescence and the intramolecular charge transfer of phenothiazine dipolar and quadrupolar derivatives by oxygen functionalization

Y Rout, C Montanari, E Pasciucco… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A series of new naphthalimide and phenothiazine-based push–pull systems (NPI-PTZ1–5),
in which we structurally modulate the oxidation state of the sulfur atom in the thiazine ring, ie …

Crystal engineering of room temperature phosphorescence in organic solids

E Hamzehpoor, DF Perepichka - Angewandte Chemie, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We report a series of highly emissive azatriangulenetrione (TANGO) solids in which the
luminescent properties are controlled by engineering the molecular packing by adjusting the …

Precisely constructing renal-clearable and LAP-activatable ratiometric molecular probes for early diagnosis of acute and chronic kidney injury via optimizing …

N Wang, X Lu, J Wang, G Fan, R Han… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence analysis is an increasingly important contributor to the early diagnosis of
kidney diseases. To achieve precise visualization of the kidneys and early diagnosis of …

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 …

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 …