Visible light-harvesting cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes with pyreno[4,5-d]imidazole C^N ligands as triplet photosensitizers for triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-115

  Yi, Xiuyu ^a   Yang, Pei ^a   Huang, Dandan ^a   Zhao, Jianzhang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Iridium; Phosphorescence; Photochemistry; Pyreno 4,5 d imidazole; Triplet triplet annihilation; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

BIPYRIDINES; DFT CALCULATION; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MODEL COMPLEXES; N LIGANDS; PYRENO[4,5-D]IMIDAZOLE; ROOM TEMPERATURE PHOSPHORESCENCE; STEADY-STATE EMISSIONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRIPLET PHOTOSENSITIZERS; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION; UP-CONVERSION; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE RANGE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITED STATES; IRIDIUM; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; QUANTUM YIELD;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84865435359     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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