Molecular insights and concepts to engineer singlet fission energy conversion devices

R Casillas, I Papadopoulos, T Ullrich, D Thiel… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this Review, we showcase the fundamental processes of intermolecular and
intramolecular singlet fission (SF). Furthermore we prioritize the information, which is …

In optimized rubrene-based nanoparticle blends for photon upconversion, singlet energy collection outcompetes triplet-pair separation, not singlet fission

DG Bossanyi, Y Sasaki, S Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The conversion of near-infrared photons to visible light through triplet–triplet annihilation
upconversion offers an enticing strategy for significantly boosting the efficiency of …

Molecular engineering of chromophores to enable triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion

KJ Fallon, EM Churchill, SN Sanders… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) is an unconventional photophysical
process that yields high-energy photons from low-energy incident light and offers pathways …

Microscopic time-resolved spectroscopy of organic crystals at the nanometer and micrometer scale

X Liu, M Li, Y Wan - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
How can the photoexcitation dynamics processes of solid substances be measured at the
microscopic level? This is a popular topic in many fields of basic and applied sciences …

Sweet Spot of Intermolecular Coupling in Crystalline Rubrene: Intermolecular Separation to Minimize Singlet Fission and Retain Triplet–Triplet Annihilation

P Baronas, G Kreiza, L Naimovicius… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Singlet fission is detrimental to NIR-to-vis photon upconversion in the solid rubrene (Rub)
films, as it diminishes photoluminescence efficiency. Previous studies have shown that …

Singlet fission from upper excited singlet states and polaron formation in rubrene film

T Wu, W Ni, GG Gurzadyan, L Sun - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion and transient absorption pump-probe setups are
applied to study the relaxation dynamics of the lower and upper excited singlet electronic …

Ultrafast dynamics in rubrene and its spectroscopic manifestation

W Hu, K Sun, Q Xu, L Chen, Y Zhao - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A multimode Brownian oscillator model is employed to investigate absorption line shapes of
rubrene in solutions and thin films. Excellent agreement has been obtained between …

Substituent effect on vibrationally resolved absorption spectra and exciton dynamics of dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione aggregates

S Feng, Y Zhao, WZ Liang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione (DPND) thin films exhibit interesting photophysical properties
and singlet fission (SF) processes. A recent experimental work found that the alkyl …

Thickness-dependent exciton dynamics in thermally evaporated rubrene thin films

CH Chen, PH Sher, CP Chen, WK Choi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this study, exciton dynamics and singlet fission (SF) in amorphous rubrene thin films with
various thicknesses from 5 to 100 nm were investigated. No clear X-ray diffraction peaks …

Rubrene Nanoaggregate-Integrated CH3NH3PbI3 Bilayer Film: Role of Singlet Fission and Photon Upconversion

W Ni, Y Wu, L Sun, GG Gurzadyan - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
The potential to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic devices through singlet exciton fission
(SF) has raised interest of researchers during the last decade. Organic small molecules of …