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 …

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 …

NIR‐Absorbing B, N‐Heteroarene as Photosensitizer for High‐Performance NIR‐to‐Blue Triplet‐Triplet Annihilation Upconversion

JK Li, MY Zhang, L Zeng, L Huang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Triplet‐triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA‐UC) with near‐infrared (NIR) photosensitizers
is highly desirable for a variety of emerging applications. However, the development of NIR …

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 …

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 …

Photochemical upconversion

J Feng, J Alves, DM de Clercq… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Photochemical upconversion is a process whereby two lower-energy photons are converted
into a higher-energy photon by sensitized triplet–triplet annihilation. While recent interest in …

Sensitizer-controlled photochemical reactivity via upconversion of red light

F Glaser, OS Wenger - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
By combining the energy input from two red photons, chemical reactions that would normally
require blue or ultraviolet irradiation become accessible. Key advantages of this biphotonic …

Triplet–triplet annihilation mediated photon upconversion solar energy systems

L Naimovičius, P Bharmoria… - Materials chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy harvesting is among the best solutions for a global transition toward carbon-
neutral energy technologies. The existing solar energy harvesting technologies like …

Multifaceted sulfone–carbazole-based D–A–D materials: a blue fluorescent emitter as a host for phosphorescent OLEDs and triplet–triplet annihilation up-conversion …

TC Yiu, P Gnanasekaran, WL Chen… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electroluminescence (EL) from the singlet-excited (S1) state is the ideal choice for stable,
high-performing deep-blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) owing to the advantages …