Near-infrared-to-visible photon upconversion enabled by conjugated porphyrinic sensitizers under low-power noncoherent illumination

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 5642-5649

  Olivier, Jean Hubert ^a   Bai, Yusong ^a   Uh, Hyounsoo ^b,c   Yoo, Hyejin ^a   Therien, Michael J ^a   Castellano, Felix N ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LG Chemical Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHROMOPHORES; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; INTER-SYSTEM CROSSINGS; NEAR-INFRARED TO VISIBLE; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; PHOTON UP CONVERSIONS; SPECTRAL WINDOWS; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84930644572     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b03199     Document Type: Article

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