Photon upconversion for photovoltaics and photocatalysis: a critical review: focus review

BS Richards, D Hudry, D Busko, A Turshatov… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Opportunities for enhancing solar energy harvesting using photon upconversion are
reviewed. The increasing prominence of bifacial solar cells is an enabling factor for the …

Recent advances in triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion and singlet fission, towards solar energy applications

AJ Carrod, V Gray, K Börjesson - Energy & Environmental Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Application of triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion in organic optoelectronic devices: advances and perspectives

C Gao, WWH Wong, Z Qin, SC Lo… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic semiconductor materials have been widely used in various optoelectronic devices
due to their rich optical and/or electrical properties, which are highly related to their excited …

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 …

Supraparticles: functionality from uniform structural motifs

S Wintzheimer, T Granath, M Oppmann, T Kister… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Under the right process conditions, nanoparticles can cluster together to form defined,
dispersed structures, which can be termed supraparticles. Controlling the size, shape, and …

Triplet-Mediator Ligand-Protected Metal Nanocluster Sensitizers for Photon Upconversion

D Arima, S Hidaka, S Yokomori, Y Niihori… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion (TTA-UC) is attracting a great deal of
attention as a viable approach to exploit unutilized wavelengths of light in solar-driven …

Spin statistics for triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion: Exchange coupling, intermolecular orientation, and reverse intersystem crossing

DG Bossanyi, Y Sasaki, S Wang, D Chekulaev… - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) has great potential to significantly
improve the light harvesting capabilities of photovoltaic cells and is also sought after for …

Photochemical upconversion of near-infrared light from below the silicon bandgap

EM Gholizadeh, SKK Prasad, ZL Teh, T Ishwara… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Photochemical upconversion is a strategy for converting infrared light into more energetic,
visible light, with potential applications ranging from biological imaging and drug delivery to …

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 …

Future and challenges for hybrid upconversion nanosystems

S Wen, J Zhou, PJ Schuck, YD Suh, TW Schmidt… - Nature Photonics, 2019 - nature.com
To improve the efficiency of photon upconversion, a hybrid approach of combining organic
dyes and inorganic nanoparticles is proving successful, especially in the form of dye …