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Quantitative Singlet Fission in Solution-Processable Dithienohexatrienes.

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Sawhney, Nipun 
Sharma, Ashish 

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Singlet fission (SF) is a promising strategy to overcome thermalization losses and enhance the efficiency of single junction photovoltaics (PVs). The development of this field has been strongly material-limited, with a paucity of materials able to undergo SF. Rarer still are examples that can produce excitons of sufficient energy to be coupled to silicon PVs (>1.1 eV). Herein, we examine a series of a short-chain polyene, dithienohexatriene (DTH), with tailored material properties and triplet (T1) energy levels greater than 1.1 eV. We find that these highly soluble materials can be easily spin-cast to create thin films of high crystallinity that exhibit ultrafast singlet fission with near perfect triplet yields of up to 192%. We believe that these materials are the first solution-processable singlet fission materials with quantitative triplet formation and energy levels appropriate for use in conjunction with silicon PVs.

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J Am Chem Soc

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0002-7863
1520-5126

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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P007767/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S003126/1)
EPSRC (EP/V055127/1)