Dynamic Exchange During Triplet Transport in Nanocrystalline TIPS-Pentacene Films.
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| Abstract | :  The multiplication of excitons in organic semiconductors via singlet fission offers the potential for photovoltaic cells that exceed the Shockley-Quiesser limit for single-junction devices. To fully utilize the potential of singlet fission sensitizers in devices, it is necessary to understand and control the diffusion of the resultant triplet excitons. In this work, a new processing method is reported to systematically tune the intermolecular order and crystalline structure in films of a model singlet fission chromophore, 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene (TIPS-Pn), without the need for chemical modifications. A combination of transient absorption spectroscopy and quantitative materials characterization enabled a detailed examination of the distance- and time-dependence of triplet exciton diffusion following singlet fission in these nanocrystalline TIPS-Pn films. Triplet-triplet annihilation rate constants were found to be representative of the weighted average of crystalline and amorphous phases in TIPS-Pn films comprising a mixture of phases. Adopting a diffusion model used to describe triplet-triplet annihilation, the triplet diffusion lengths for nanocrystalline and amorphous films of TIPS-Pn were estimated to be ∼75 and ∼14 nm, respectively. Importantly, the presence of even a small fraction (<10%) of the amorphous phase in the TIPS-Pn films greatly decreased the ultimate triplet diffusion length, suggesting that pure crystalline materials may be essential to efficiently harvest multiplied triplets even when singlet fission occurs on ultrafast time scales. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2016 | 
| Journal | :  Journal of the American Chemical Society | 
| Volume | :  138 | 
| Issue | :  49 | 
| Number of Pages | :  16069-16080 | 
| Date Published | :  2016 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0002-7863 | 
| URL | :  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b10010 | 
| DOI | :  10.1021/jacs.6b10010 | 
| Short Title | :  J Am Chem Soc | 
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