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 …

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 …

External quantum efficiency above 100% in a singlet-exciton-fission–based organic photovoltaic cell

DN Congreve, J Lee, NJ Thompson, E Hontz, SR Yost… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Singlet exciton fission transforms a molecular singlet excited state into two triplet states,
each with half the energy of the original singlet. In solar cells, it could potentially double the …

Singlet fission in pentacene dimers

J Zirzlmeier, D Lehnherr, PB Coto, ET Chernick… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
Singlet fission (SF) has the potential to supersede the traditional solar energy conversion
scheme by means of boosting the photon-to-current conversion efficiencies beyond the 30 …

Singlet exciton fission in polycrystalline thin films of a slip-stacked perylenediimide

SW Eaton, LE Shoer, SD Karlen, SM Dyar… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The crystal structure of N, N-bis (n-octyl)-2, 5, 8, 11-tetraphenylperylene-3, 4: 9, 10-bis
(dicarboximide), 1, obtained by X-ray diffraction reveals that 1 has a nearly planar perylene …

Singlet exciton fission photovoltaics

J Lee, P Jadhav, PD Reusswig, SR Yost… - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Singlet exciton fission, a process that generates two excitons from a single photon, is
perhaps the most efficient of the various multiexciton-generation processes studied to date …

Singlet fission: progress and prospects in solar cells

J **a, SN Sanders, W Cheng, JZ Low, J Liu… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The third generation of photovoltaic technology aims to reduce the fabrication cost and
improve the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cells. Singlet fission (SF), an efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Singlet fission photovoltaics: Progress and promising pathways

AJ Baldacchino, MI Collins, MP Nielsen… - Chemical Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Singlet fission is a form of multiple exciton generation, which occurs in organic
chromophores when a high-energy singlet exciton separates into two lower energy triplet …

Linker-dependent singlet fission in tetracene dimers

NV Korovina, J Joy, X Feng… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Separation of triplet excitons produced by singlet fission is crucial for efficient application of
singlet fission materials. While earlier works explored the first step of singlet fission, the …

Triplet-sensitization by lead halide perovskite thin films for near-infrared-to-visible upconversion

L Nienhaus, JP Correa-Baena, S Wieghold… - ACS Energy …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Lead halide-based perovskite thin films have attracted great attention due to the rapid
increase in perovskite solar cell efficiencies. The same optoelectronic properties that make …