Controlling Long-Lived Triplet Generation from Intramolecular Singlet Fission in the Solid State
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Pace, Natalie A.Zhang, Weimin
Arias, Dylan H.
McCulloch, Iain

Rumbles, Garry

Johnson, Justin C.
KAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramKAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2017-12-06Online Publication Date
2017-12-06Print Publication Date
2017-12-21Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/626317
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The conjugated polymer poly(benzothiophene dioxide) (PBTDO1) has recently been shown to exhibit efficient intramolecular singlet fission in solution. In this paper, we investigate the role of intermolecular interactions in triplet separation dynamics after singlet fission. We use transient absorption spectroscopy to determine the singlet fission rate and triplet yield in two polymers differing only by side chain motif in both solution and the solid state. Whereas solid-state films show singlet fission rates identical to those measured in solution, the average lifetime of the triplet population increases dramatically, and is strongly dependent on side-chain identity. These results show that it may be necessary to carefully engineer the solid-state microstructure of these “singlet fission polymers” in order to produce the long-lived triplets needed to realize efficient photovoltaic devices.Citation
Pace NA, Zhang W, Arias DH, McCulloch I, Rumbles G, et al. (2017) Controlling Long-Lived Triplet Generation from Intramolecular Singlet Fission in the Solid State. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters: 6086–6091. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02750.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)PubMed ID
29190427Additional Links
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02750ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02750
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