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Brookhaven Science Associates, Lcc

Andrew Brian Pun

Luis Miguel Campos

Michael Louis Steigerwald

Daniel Norbert Congreve

Matthew Y Sfeir

Tomislav Rovis

Kealan Fallon

Benjamin Ravetz

Samuel Nathan Sanders

Emily Marie Churchill

Elango Kumarasamy

Various exemplary photoreactions can be provided, including reactions generally based on triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion. Representative photosensitizers include PdPc(OBu)8 and PtTPTNP. Representative annihilators include FDPP and TTBP. Such exemplary photoreactions, systems and methods may be used in a variety of applications, including various biological or physical applications. Exemplary methods can also be provided for making or using such systems, photoreactions, kits including such systems, or the like.

Triplet fusion upconversion for infrared-sensitized photoredox chemistry

The present invention provides soluble, stable singlet fission (SF) compounds, compositions, materials, methods of their use, and methods for their preparation that provide efficient intramolecular singlet fission (iSF) and multiple excitons. The SF compound may be a dimer, an oligomer, or a polymer of polyoligoacenes, where for example, the compound achieves a triplet yield reaching about 200% per absorbed photon. In this system, SF does not depend on intermolecular inter-actions. Instead, SF is an intrinsic property of the molecule and therefore occurs independent of intermolecular interactions. Singlet fission has the potential to significantly improve the photocurrent in single junction solar cells and thus raise the Shockley-Queisser power conversion efficiency limit from about 33% to about 46% or greater. Quantitative SF yield at room temperature has only been observed in crystalline solids or aggregates of higher acenes.

Quantitative intramolecular fission in oligoacenes, materials, and methods of use thereof

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