Mixed electronic states in molecular dimers: Connecting singlet fission, excimer formation, and symmetry-breaking charge transfer

RM Young, MR Wasielewski - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Chromophore aggregates are capable of a wide variety of excited-state
dynamics that are potentially of great use in optoelectronic devices based on organic …

Generating spin-triplet states at the bulk perovskite/organic interface for photon upconversion

CM Sullivan, L Nienhaus - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Perovskite-sensitized triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion (UC) holds potential for
practical applications of solid-state UC ranging from photovoltaics to sensing and imaging …

Symmetry-breaking charge separation in the solid state: Tetra (phenoxy) perylenediimide polycrystalline films

CE Ramirez, S Chen, NE Powers-Riggs… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Generation of electron–hole pairs via symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) in
photoexcited assemblies of organic chromophores is a potentially important route to …

Triplet Formation in a 9, 10-Bis (phenylethynyl) anthracene Dimer and Trimer Occurs by Charge Recombination Rather than Singlet Fission

R Ringström, ZW Schroeder… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present an experimental study investigating the solvent-dependent dynamics of a 9, 10-
bis (phenylethynyl) anthracene monomer, dimer, and trimer. Using transient absorption …

Balancing charge transfer and Frenkel exciton coupling leads to excimer formation in molecular dimers: Implications for singlet fission

YJ Bae, D Shimizu, JD Schultz, G Kang… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoexcitation of molecular chromophore aggregates can form excimer states that play a
significant role in photophysical processes such as charge and energy transfer as well as …

Triplet sensitization enables bidirectional isomerization of diazocine with 130 nm redshift in excitation wavelengths

J Isokuortti, T Griebenow, JS von Glasenapp… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Diazocines are bridged azobenzenes with phenyl rings connected by a CH2–CH2 group.
Despite this rather small structural difference, diazocine exhibits improved properties over …

Recharging upconversion: revealing rubrene's replacement

CM Sullivan, L Nienhaus - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the major limitations of solid-state perovskite-sensitized photon upconversion to date
is that the only annihilator successfully paired with the perovskite sensitizer has been …

Spin dynamics of quintet and triplet states resulting from singlet fission in oriented terrylenediimide and quaterrylenediimide films

YJ Bae, X Zhao, MD Kryzaniak… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Singlet fission in organic semiconductors provides an important opportunity to study high-
spin states in electronically coupled chromophores. Photoexcitation of oriented, crystalline …

Influence of core-twisted structure on singlet fission in perylenediimide film

J Zhou, H Liu, W Wang, T Li, Z Li, Z Liu, Y Chen… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
To reveal the relationship between molecular packing and singlet fission (SF) property is
necessary for developing efficient SF materials, yet it remains unclear. Herein, we …

Singlet Fission Dynamics in the 5, 12-Bis (phenylethynyl) tetracene Thin Film

A Nandi, B Manna, R Ghosh - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The singlet fission (SF) process is a promising route to overcome the Shockley and Quiesser
efficiency limit of organic solar cells and hence has attracted significant research interest in …