Sensitizer-host-annihilator ternary-cascaded triplet energy landscape for efficient photon upconversion in the solid state
| Autor: | Hideo Ohkita, Yasunari Tamai, Yuji Sakamoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Transient-absorption spectroscopy
Polymers Exciton General Physics and Astronomy Triplet state 010402 general chemistry Exciton dynamics 01 natural sciences Molecular physics Fluorescence Photoexcitations Bimolecular reactions 0103 physical sciences Singlet state Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Physics Photoluminescence spectroscopy 010304 chemical physics Phosphorescence Photon upconversion 0104 chemical sciences Annihilator Intersystem crossing Energy transfer Ternary operation |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of chemical physics. 153(16) |
| ISSN: | 1089-7690 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we introduce a new strategy for improving the efficiency of upconversion emissions based on triplet–triplet exciton annihilation (TTA-UC) in the solid state. We designed a ternary blend system consisting of a triplet sensitizer (TS), an exciton-transporting host polymer, and a small amount of an annihilator in which the triplet-state energies of the TS, host, and annihilator decrease in this order. The key idea underpinning this concept involves first transferring the triplet excitons generated by the TS to the host and then to the annihilator, driven by the cascaded triplet energy landscape. Because of the small annihilator blend ratio, the local density of triplet excitons in the annihilator domain is higher than those in conventional binary TS/annihilator systems, which is advantageous for TTA-UC because TTA is a density-dependent bimolecular reaction. We tracked the triplet exciton dynamics in the ternary blend film by transient absorption spectroscopy. Host triplet excitons are generated through triplet energy transfer from the TS following intersystem crossing in the TS. These triplet excitons then diffuse in the host domain and accumulate in the annihilator domain. The accumulated triplet excitons undergo TTA to generate singlet excitons that are higher in energy than the excitation source, resulting in UC emission. Based on the excitation-intensity and blend-ratio dependences of TTA-UC, we found that our concept has a positive impact on accelerating TTA. |
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