Opportunities for enhancing solar energy harvesting using photon upconversion are
reviewed. The increasing prominence of bifacial solar cells is an enabling factor for the …

The attractive features of lanthanide-doped upconversion luminescence (UCL), such as high
photostability, nonphotobleaching or photoblinking, and large anti-Stokes shift, have shown …

Energy and electron transfer processes in light harvesting assemblies dictate the outcome of
the overall light energy conversion process. Halide perovskite nanocrystals such as …

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 …

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 …

Triplet–triplet annihilation based molecular photon upconversion (TTA-UC) is an exciting
research area for a broad range of photonic applications due to its tunable spectral range …

Conspectus Photon upconversion, the process of converting low-energy photons into high-
energy ones, has been widely applied for solar energy conversion, photoredox catalysis …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are capable of converting near-
infra-red excitation into visible and ultraviolet emission. Their unique optical properties have …

Near-infrared-to-visible photon upconversion holds great promise for a diverse range of
applications. Current photosensitizers for triplet-fusion upconversion across this spectral …

The generation, control and transfer of triplet excitons in molecular and hybrid systems is of
great interest owing to their long lifetime and diffusion length in both solid-state and solution …