Challenges, progress and prospects in solid state triplet fusion upconversion

J Alves, J Feng, L Nienhaus, TW Schmidt - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Many applications, including solar energy conversion, can be enhanced by the
upconversion of low energy photons. A flexible approach towards achieving this is by …

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 …

Bulky Substituents Promote Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Over Triplet Excimer Formation in Naphthalene Derivatives

A Olesund, S Ghasemi, K Moth-Poulsen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Visible-to-ultraviolet (UV) triplet–triplet annihilation photochemical upconversion (TTA-UC)
has gained a lot of attention recently due to its potential for driving demanding high-energy …

Kinetics of photon upconversion by triplet–triplet annihilation: a comprehensive tutorial

Y Murakami, K Kamada - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective article provides a comprehensive but organized tutorial introduction of the
kinetics related to photon upconversion (UC) by triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA)(TTA-UC) …

Photon upconversion from near-infrared to blue light with TIPS-anthracene as an efficient triplet–triplet annihilator

N Nishimura, V Gray, JR Allardice, Z Zhang… - ACS Materials …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photon upconversion (PUC) via triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA) from near-infrared (NIR) to
blue photons could have important applications especially to bioimaging and drug delivery …

Evidence for triplet-state-dominated luminescence in biicosahedral superatomic molecular Au 25 clusters

M Mitsui, Y Wada, R Kishii, D Arima, Y Niihori - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In photoluminescence (PL) quenching and triplet fusion upconversion experiments with
fluorescent organic-molecule quenchers, it was revealed that a rod-shaped, phosphine-and …

Triplet upconversion under ambient conditions enables digital light processing 3D printing

CJ O'Dea, J Isokuortti, EE Comer, ST Roberts… - ACS Central …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The rapid photochemical conversion of materials from liquid to solid (ie, curing) has enabled
the fabrication of modern plastics used in microelectronics, dentistry, and medicine …

Ultra-small PbS nanocrystals as sensitizers for red-to-blue triplet-fusion upconversion

CJ Imperiale, PB Green, M Hasham, MWB Wilson - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photon upconversion is a strategy to generate high-energy excitations from low-energy
photon input, enabling advanced architectures for imaging and photochemistry. Here, we …

On the Origin of Photoluminescence Enhancement in Biicosahedral AgxAu25−x Nanoclusters (x = 0–13) and Their Application to Triplet–Triplet Annihilation …

M Mitsui, D Arima, Y Kobayashi, E Lee… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous reports hitherto show that the photoluminescence (PL) properties of metal
nanoclusters (NCs) can be enhanced by alloying the metal cores. In particular …

Single Platinum Atom Do** to Silver Clusters Enables Near‐Infrared‐to‐Blue Photon Upconversion

Y Niihori, Y Wada, M Mitsui - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photon upconversion (UC) from near‐infrared (NIR) to visible has been realized using
singlet‐to‐triplet absorption of sensitizers, which are currently limited to osmium complexes …