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 …

Triplet pair states in singlet fission

K Miyata, FS Conrad-Burton, FL Geyer… - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This account aims at providing an understanding of singlet fission, ie, the photophysical
process of a singlet state (S1) splitting into two triplet states (2× T1) in molecular …

Unconventional singlet fission materials

T Ullrich, D Munz, DM Guldi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Singlet fission (SF) is a photophysical downconversion pathway, in which a singlet excitation
transforms into two triplet excited states. As such, it constitutes an exciton multiplication …

Efficient multiexciton state generation in charge-transfer-coupled perylene bisimide dimers via structural control

Y Hong, J Kim, W Kim, C Kaufmann, H Kim… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The singlet fission (SF) process is generally defined as the conversion of one singlet exciton
(S1) into two triplet excitons (2· T1), which has the potential to overcome thermalization …

Leveraging charge-transfer interactions in through-space-coupled pentacene dendritic oligomer for singlet exciton fission

J Kim, HT Teo, Y Hong, YC Liau, D Yim… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Singlet exciton fission in organic chromophores has received much attention during the past
decade. Inspired by numerous spectroscopic studies in the solid state, there have been …

Linker-dependent singlet fission in tetracene dimers

NV Korovina, J Joy, X Feng… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Separation of triplet excitons produced by singlet fission is crucial for efficient application of
singlet fission materials. While earlier works explored the first step of singlet fission, the …

Triplet-pair states in organic semiconductors

AJ Musser, J Clark - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Entanglement of states is one of the most surprising and counterintuitive consequences of
quantum mechanics, with potent applications in cryptography and computing. In organic …

Controlling Intramolecular Singlet Fission Dynamics via Torsional Modulation of Through-Bond versus Through-Space Couplings

K Majumder, S Mukherjee, NA Panjwani… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Covalent dimers, particularly pentacenes, are the dominant platform for developing a
mechanistic understanding of intramolecular singlet fission (iSF). Numerous studies have …

Tuning singlet fission in π-bridge-π chromophores

E Kumarasamy, SN Sanders… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We have designed a series of pentacene dimers separated by homoconjugated or
nonconjugated bridges that exhibit fast and efficient intramolecular singlet exciton fission …

Emissive spin-0 triplet-pairs are a direct product of triplet–triplet annihilation in pentacene single crystals and anthradithiophene films

DG Bossanyi, M Matthiesen, S Wang, JA Smith… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Singlet fission and triplet–triplet annihilation represent two highly promising ways of
increasing the efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Both processes are believed to be …