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 …

Dynamics of excitons in conjugated molecules and organic semiconductor systems

OP Dimitriev - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The exciton, an excited electron–hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in
photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as …

Triplet pair states in singlet fission

K Miyata, FS Conrad-Burton, FL Geyer… - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This account aims at providing an understanding of singlet fission, ie, the photophysical
process of a singlet state (S1) splitting into two triplet states (2× T1) in molecular …

Theoretical modeling of singlet fission

D Casanova - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Singlet fission is a photophysical reaction in which a singlet excited electronic state splits
into two spin-triplet states. Singlet fission was discovered more than 50 years ago, but the …

Harnessing singlet exciton fission to break the Shockley–Queisser limit

A Rao, RH Friend - Nature reviews materials, 2017 - nature.com
Singlet exciton fission is a carrier multiplication process in organic semiconductors that
generates two electron–hole pairs for each photon absorbed. Singlet fission occurs on sub …

Unconventional singlet fission materials

T Ullrich, D Munz, DM Guldi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Singlet fission (SF) is a photophysical downconversion pathway, in which a singlet excitation
transforms into two triplet excited states. As such, it constitutes an exciton multiplication …

Understanding and controlling intersystem crossing in molecules

CM Marian - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
This review article focuses on the understanding of intersystem crossing (ISC) in molecules.
It addresses readers who are interested in the phenomenon of intercombination transitions …

Access to the triplet excited states of organic chromophores

D Sasikumar, AT John, J Sunny… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last several decades, exploring the pathways to access the triplet excited states of
organic chromophores has been a stimulating area of research. Among the numerous …

Anisotropic multiexciton quintet and triplet dynamics in singlet fission via pulsed electron spin resonance

TSC MacDonald, MJY Tayebjee… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The quintet triplet-pair state may be generated upon singlet fission and is a critical
intermediate that dictates the fate of excitons, which can be exploited for photovoltaics …

Diphenylanthracene dimers for triplet–triplet annihilation photon upconversion: mechanistic insights for intramolecular pathways and the importance of molecular …

A Olesund, V Gray, J Mårtensson… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Novel approaches to modify the spectral output of the sun have seen a surge in interest
recently, with triplet–triplet annihilation driven photon upconversion (TTA-UC) gaining …