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Spin density encodes intramolecular singlet exciton fission in pentacene dimers
摘要： The formation of two triplet excitons at the cost of one photon via singlet exciton fission in organic semiconductors can potentially enhance the photocurrent in photovoltaic devices. However, the role of spin density distribution in driving this photophysical process has been unclear until now. Here we present the significance of electronic spin density distribution in facilitating efficient intramolecular singlet exciton fission (iSEF) in π-bridged pentacene dimers. We synthetically modulate the spin density distribution in a series of pentacene dimers using phenyl-, thienyl- and selenyl- flanked diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) derivatives as π-bridges. Using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, we find that efficient iSEF is only observed for the phenyl-derivative in ~2.4 ps while absent in the other two dimers. Electronic structure calculations reveal that phenyl-DPP bridge localizes α- and β-spin densities on distinct terminal pentacenes. Upon photoexcitation, a spin exchange mechanism enables iSEF from a singlet state which has an innate triplet pair character.
关键词： spin density,pentacene dimers,charge resonance,intramolecular,singlet exciton fission
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Is Vibrational Coherence a Byproduct of Singlet Exciton Fission?
摘要： A phenomenological wavefunction-based model of vibrationally coherent absorption modulation is proposed and applied to reproduce the triplet-triplet absorption spectra of bis-triisopropylsilylethynyl (TIPS)-pentacene, with the objective of testing whether the singlet fission process in that system spontaneously generates coherent vibrational packets, as recently suggested for TIPS-tetracene. The model is parametrized by a complete set of Franck-Condon parameters obtained from methodologically consistent DFT calculations for all relevant normal modes in all relevant electronic states. The results strongly depend on inhomogeneous broadening of absorption bands, which is explicitly included. They very well agree with the recently published experimental coherence spectra of the pertinent system, validating our underlying principal assumption that the singlet fission process, which generates the observed triplet states, is neutral with respect to vibrational coherences. Experimental confirmation of this interpretational posit demonstrates that in the pentacene derivative, apparently in contrast to the case of its tetracene analogue, fission is not a source of vibrational coherence. Our finding suggests that although the singlet fission process may possibly in individual cases induce vibrational coherence, this feature is not a constitutive characteristic of the fission phenomenon.
关键词： DFT calculations,singlet exciton fission,Franck-Condon parameters,TIPS-pentacene,vibrational coherence
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14