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Multifold Enhanced Photon Upconversion in a Composite Annihilator System Sensitized by Perovskite Nanocrystals.

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Article

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Authors

Salway, Hayden 
Ruggeri, Edoardo 

Abstract

Photon upconversion via triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA-UC) provides a pathway to overcoming the thermodynamic efficiency limits in single-junction solar cells by allowing the harvesting of sub-bandgap photons. Here, we use mixed halide perovskite nanocrystals (CsPbX3, X = Br/I) as triplet sensitizers, with excitation transfer to 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA) and/or 9,10-bis[(triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl]anthracene (TIPS-An) which act as the triplet annihilators. We observe that the upconversion efficiency is five times higher with the combination of both annihilators in a composite system compared to the sum of the individual single-acceptor systems. Our work illustrates the importance of using a composite system of annihilators to enhance TTA upconversion, demonstrated in a perovskite-sensitized system, with promise for a range of potential applications in light-harvesting, biomedical imaging, biosensing, therapeutics, and photocatalysis.

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Keywords

excitons, lead halide perovskites, triplet sensitization, triplet−triplet annihilation, upconversion

Journal Title

ACS Nano

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1936-0851
1936-086X

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Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Sponsorship
Royal Society (UF150033)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S030638/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R023980/1)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) ERC (957513)
European Research Council (756962)
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