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 …

Multi‐photon excitation in photoredox catalysis: concepts, applications, methods

F Glaser, C Kerzig, OS Wenger - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The energy of visible photons and the accessible redox potentials of common photocatalysts
set thermodynamic limits to photochemical reactions that can be driven by traditional visible …

Manipulating exciton dynamics toward simultaneous high-efficiency narrowband electroluminescence and photon upconversion by a selenium-incorporated …

X Cao, K Pan, J Miao, X Lv, Z Huang, F Ni… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multiresonance thermal activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) materials with an
efficient spin–flip transition between singlet and triplet excited states remain demanding …

Near-infrared photon upconversion and solar synthesis using lead-free nanocrystals

W Liang, C Nie, J Du, Y Han, G Zhao, F Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Near-infrared-to-visible photon upconversion holds great promise for a diverse range of
applications. Current photosensitizers for triplet-fusion upconversion across this spectral …

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 …

Visible‐to‐UV Photon Upconversion: Recent Progress in New Materials and Applications

M Uji, TJB Zähringer, C Kerzig… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ultraviolet (UV, λ< 400 nm) light is essential for various photochemical reactions,
but its intensity in the solar spectrum is very low, and light sources that artificially generate …

Triplet–triplet annihilation photopolymerization for high-resolution 3D printing

DK Limberg, JH Kang, RC Hayward - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Two-photon polymerization (TPP) currently offers the highest resolution available in 3D
printing (∼ 100 nm) but requires femtosecond laser pulses at very high peak intensity (∼ 1 …

Approaching the spin-statistical limit in visible-to-ultraviolet photon upconversion

A Olesund, J Johnsson, F Edhborg… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion (TTA-UC) is a process in which triplet
excitons combine to form emissive singlets and holds great promise in biological …

Stable Molybdenum (0) carbonyl complex for upconversion and photoredox catalysis

WR Kitzmann, MS Bertrams, P Boden… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photoactive complexes with earth-abundant metals have attracted increasing interest in the
recent years fueled by the promise of sustainable photochemistry. However, sophisticated …

Photochemical upconversion: present status and prospects for its application to solar energy conversion

TF Schulze, TW Schmidt - Energy & Environmental Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
All photovoltaic solar cells transmit photons with energies below the absorption threshold
(bandgap) of the absorber material, which are therefore usually lost for the purpose of solar …