Irreversible Energy Transfer in Fullerene Derivatives: through-Space Energy Transfer for Triplet Harvesting
Alberto Viñas a, Jonas Lissau a, Henrik Gotfredsen a, Martyn Jevric a, Mogens Brønsted Nielsen a, Theis Sølling a
a University of Copenhagen, -, copenhaguen, 0, Denmark
International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
Proceedings of International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV18)
Benidorm, Spain, 2018 May 28th - 31st
Organizers: Emilio Palomares and Rene Janssen
Poster, Alberto Viñas, 228
Publication date: 21st February 2018

The intrinsic ability of fullerene derivatives to undergo intersystem crossing (ISC) makes them good candidates for application in processes such as photocatalysis, Triplet-Triplet Annihilation (TTA) upconversion and photodynamic therapy, where efficient triplet formation is advantageous. The functionalization of fullerene with organic antennas featuring high extinction coefficients in the visible allows efficient light harvesting and the possibility of inducing an energy cascade that will end up in the fullerene moiety. A common issue with this strategy is that both forward and back energy transfer (BET) are energetically possible, therefore reducing the overall efficiency of the process. We propose a strategy to avoid BET by exploiting π-π interactions between the chromophore and fullerene that induce a conformation in which through-space energy transfer is enabled.

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