Engineering Sensitized Photon Upconversion Efficiency via Nanocrystal Wavefunction and Molecular Geometry. (11th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: He, Shan; Lai, Runchen; Jiang, Qike; Han, Yaoyao; Luo, Xiao; Tian, Yuyang; Liu, Xue; Wu, Kaifeng
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie. Volume 132:Number 40(2020)
• Page Start: 17879
• Page End: 17884
• Publication Date: 2020-08-11
• Subjects: perovskite nanocrystals -- photon upconversion -- through-bond and through-space -- triplet energy transfer; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0044-8249

Abstract

Abstract: Triplet energy transfer from inorganic nanocrystals to molecular acceptors has attracted strong attention for high‐efficiency photon upconversion. Here we study this problem using CsPbBr3 and CdSe nanocrystals as triplet donors and carboxylated anthracene isomers as acceptors. We find that the position of the carboxyl anchoring group on the molecule dictates the donor‐acceptor coupling to be either through‐bond or through‐space, while the relative strength of the two coupling pathways is controlled by the wavefunction leakage of nanocrystals that can be quantitatively tuned by nanocrystal sizes or shell thicknesses. By simultaneously engineering molecular geometry and nanocrystal wavefunction, energy transfer and photon upconversion efficiencies of a nanocrystal/molecule system can be improved by orders of magnitude. Abstract : By simultaneously engineering molecular geometry and nanocrystal wavefunction, energy transfer and photon upconversion efficiencies of a perovskite nanocrystal/molecule system can be improved by orders of magnitude.