Photochemical Upconversion in Solution: The Role of Oxygen and Magnetic Field Response

18 January 2023, Version 2
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Abstract

Upconversion processes effectively convert two or more low energy photons into one higher energy photon, and have diverse applications in photovoltaics and biomedicine. Upconversion is generally spin-selective, and its magnetic field response can be used to examine the interplay between two different mechanisms for photochemical upconversion in solution: triplet-triplet annihilation, and singlet-oxygen mediated energy transfer. A kinetic model is developed and applied to explain the different photoluminescence profiles of oxygenated versus deoxygenated systems. From the magnetic field response, the triplet-triplet annihilation rate constant is estimated. The conditions required to maximize upconversion photoluminescence intensity in oxygenated solution are determined.

Keywords

Upconversion
Photochemistry
Magnetic Field Effect
Oxygen
Triplet-Triplet Annihilation

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