Quantitative cascade energy transfer in semiconductor thin films.

Photochem Photobiol Sci

Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, and Centro di Eccellenza sui Materiali Innovativi Nanostrutturati (CEMIN), University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy.

Published: July 2014

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  • The study investigates the photophysical properties of three organic blend systems featuring [60]PCBM mixed with various semiconducting arylacetylenes and one arylvinylene.
  • The blends showed effective energy transfer from the shorter wavelength (hypsochromic) to the longer wavelength (bathochromic) components, enhancing their potential for improved sunlight collection.
  • Notably, only the arylvinylene derivative demonstrated significant emission enhancement in thin film applications.

Article Abstract

In this contribution we report the photophysical study of three organic blend systems comprising [60]PCBM along with different combinations of five extended semiconducting arylacetylenes, i.e. p-[(2-{[m,p-didodecyloxyphenyl]ethynyl}-7-fluorenyl)ethynyl]benzonitrile, 4,7-bis(5-{[m,p-bis(hexyloxy)phenyl]ethynyl}thien-2-yl)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole, 9,10-bis-[(m,m-bis{[m,m-bis-(hexyloxy)phenyl]ethynyl}phenyl)ethynyl]-anthracene, pseudo-p-[(10-{[m,p-bis-(hexyloxy)phenyl]ethynyl}-9-anthryl[2.2]paracyclophane, and oligo{2,5-bis(hexyloxy)[1,4- phenylene ethynylene]-alt-[9,10-anthraceneethynylene]}, and one semiconducting arylvinylene, i.e. 9,10-bis-{(E)-[m,p-bis(hexyloxy)phenyl]vinyl}-anthracene, that evidenced an efficient quantitative energy transfer from the hypsochromic to the bathochromic species (the potential efficient charge-donor components), useful to extend the collection of sunlight. An interesting emission enhancement in thin films has been observed only for the arylvinylene derivative.

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