The entangled triplet pair state in acene and heteroacene materials

Chaw Keong Yong; Andrew J. Musser; Sam L. Bayliss; Steven Lukman; Hiroyuki Tamura; Olga Bubnova; Rawad K. Hallani; Aurélie Meneau; Roland Resel; Munetaka Maruyama; Shu Hotta; Laura M. Herz; David Beljonne; John E. Anthony; Jenny Clark; Henning Sirringhaus

doi:10.1038/ncomms15953

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

The entangled triplet pair state in acene and heteroacene materials

Chaw Keong Yong,
Andrew J. Musser,
Sam L. Bayliss,
Steven Lukman,
Hiroyuki Tamura,
Olga Bubnova,
Rawad K. Hallani,
Aurélie Meneau,
Roland Resel,
Munetaka Maruyama,
Shu Hotta,
Laura M. Herz,
David Beljonne,
John E. Anthony,
Jenny Clark,
Henning Sirringhaus

Affiliations

Chaw Keong Yong: Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge
Andrew J. Musser: Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge
Sam L. Bayliss: Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge
Steven Lukman: Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge
Hiroyuki Tamura: Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Olga Bubnova: Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge
Rawad K. Hallani: Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky
Aurélie Meneau: Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge
Roland Resel: Institute of Solid State Physics, Graz University of Technology
Munetaka Maruyama: Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki
Shu Hotta: Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki
Laura M. Herz: Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
David Beljonne: Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, University of Mons
John E. Anthony: Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky
Jenny Clark: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Sheffield
Henning Sirringhaus: Cavendish Laboratory, Optoelectronics Group, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15953
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Singlet fission in organic semiconductors can generate triplet exciton pairs that are crucial to the charge generation in a photovoltaic process, whilst their nature remains elusive. Here, Yonget al. show that the immediate triplet pair is bound and emissive in a range of acene and heteroacene materials.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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