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Singlet Heterofission in Tetracene-Pentacene Thin-Film Blends.

ABSTRACT: Heterofission is a photophysical process of fundamental and applied interest whereby an excited singlet state is converted into two triplets on chemically distinct chromophores. The potential of this process lies in the tuning of both the optical band gap and the splitting between singlet and triplet energies. Herein, we report the time-domain observation of heterofission in mixed thin films of the prototypical singlet fission chromophores pentacene and tetracene using excitation wavelengths above and below the tetracene band gap. We found a time constant of 26?ps for endothermic heterofission of a singlet exciton on pentacene in blends with low pentacene fractions, which was outcompeted by pentacene homofission for increasing pentacene concentrations. Direct excitation of tetracene lead to fast energy transfer to pentacene and subsequent singlet fission, which prevented homo- or heterofission of a singlet exciton on tetracene.

SUBMITTER: Zeiser C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7820980 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

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Singlet Heterofission in Tetracene-Pentacene Thin-Film Blends.

Zeiser Clemens C Moretti Luca L Lepple Daniel D Cerullo Giulio G Maiuri Margherita M Broch Katharina K

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20200930 45

Heterofission is a photophysical process of fundamental and applied interest whereby an excited singlet state is converted into two triplets on chemically distinct chromophores. The potential of this process lies in the tuning of both the optical band gap and the splitting between singlet and triplet energies. Herein, we report the time-domain observation of heterofission in mixed thin films of the prototypical singlet fission chromophores pentacene and tetracene using excitation wavelengths abo ...[more]

PMID: 32761935

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