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2. Photophysics

Authors : Nancy Awwad, Mo Yang, Felix N. Castellano

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Sensitized triplet-triplet annihilation-based photochemical upconversion (TTA-UC) or sensitized triplet fusion (TF) is a process by which low-energy photons are converted into high-energy light through a sequence of bimolecular triplet-triplet energy-transfer (TTET) reactions. TTA-UC attracts interest due to its potential applications in solar energy conversion and storage, biological imaging, photochemical synthesis, photocatalysis, photopolymerization, and photoresponsive devices. In this chapter, we present the principles and photophysics governing the observation, mechanism, and chemical kinetics of TTA-UC to establish general energetic and kinetic rules which dictate the conditions under which the phenomenon can be observed.

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Title: Photophysics
Authors: Nancy Awwad
Mo Yang
Felix N. Castellano
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Emerging Strategies to Reduce Transmission and Thermalization Losses in Solar Cells
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-70357-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-70358-5

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70358-5_2