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Direct observation of charge separation in an organic light harvesting system by femtosecond time-resolved XPS.

ABSTRACT: The ultrafast dynamics of photon-to-charge conversion in an organic light-harvesting system is studied by femtosecond time-resolved X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (TR-XPS) at the free-electron laser FLASH. This novel experimental technique provides site-specific information about charge separation and enables the monitoring of free charge carrier generation dynamics on their natural timescale, here applied to the model donor-acceptor system CuPc:C60. A previously unobserved channel for exciton dissociation into mobile charge carriers is identified, providing the first direct, real-time characterization of the timescale and efficiency of charge generation from low-energy charge-transfer states in an organic heterojunction. The findings give strong support to the emerging realization that charge separation even from energetically disfavored excitonic states is contributing significantly, indicating new options for light harvesting in organic heterojunctions.

SUBMITTER: Roth F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7895929 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Direct observation of charge separation in an organic light harvesting system by femtosecond time-resolved XPS.

Roth Friedrich F   Borgwardt Mario M   Wenthaus Lukas L   Mahl Johannes J   Palutke Steffen S   Brenner Günter G   Mercurio Giuseppe G   Molodtsov Serguei S   Wurth Wilfried W   Gessner Oliver O   Eberhardt Wolfgang W  

Nature communications 20210219 1

The ultrafast dynamics of photon-to-charge conversion in an organic light-harvesting system is studied by femtosecond time-resolved X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (TR-XPS) at the free-electron laser FLASH. This novel experimental technique provides site-specific information about charge separation and enables the monitoring of free charge carrier generation dynamics on their natural timescale, here applied to the model donor-acceptor system CuPc:C<sub>60</sub>. A previously unobserved channel  ...[more]

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