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ArticleNature communications2019

Boosting the efficiency of organic persistent room-temperature phosphorescence by intramolecular triplet-triplet energy transfer.

Weijun Zhao, Tsz Shing Cheung, Nan Jiang, Wenbin Huang, Jacky W Y Lam, Xuepeng Zhang, Zikai He, Ben Zhong Tang

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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Weijun ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Institute for Advanced Study, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
Tsz Shing CheungDepartment of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Institute for Advanced Study, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
Nan JiangSchool of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, HIT Campus of University Town, 518055, Shenzhen, China.
Wenbin HuangSchool of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, HIT Campus of University Town, 518055, Shenzhen, China.
Jacky W Y LamDepartment of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Institute for Advanced Study, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
Xuepeng ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Institute for Advanced Study, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
Zikai HeSchool of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, HIT Campus of University Town, 518055, Shenzhen, China. hezikai@hit.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9943-5677
Ben Zhong TangDepartment of Chemistry, The Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Institute for Advanced Study, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China. tangbenz@ust.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0293-964X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent luminescence is a fascinating phenomenon with exceptional applications. However, the development of organic materials capable of persistent luminescence, such as organic persistent room-temperature phosphorescence, lags behind for their normally low efficiency. Moreover, enhancing the phosphorescence efficiency of organic luminophores often results in short lifetime, which sets an irreconcilable obstacle. Here we report a strategy to boost the efficiency of phosphorescence by intramolecular triplet-triplet energy transfer. Incorpotation of (bromo)dibenzofuran or (bromo)dibenzothiophene to carbazole has boosted the intersystem crossing and provided an intramolecular triplet-state bridge to offer a near quantitative exothermic triplet-triplet energy transfer to repopulate the lowest triplet-state of carbazole. All these factors work together to contribute the efficient phosphorescence. The generation and transfer of triplet excitons within a single molecule is revealed by low-temperature spectra, energy level and lifetime investigations. The strategy developed here will enable the development of efficient phosphorescent materials for potential high-tech applications.

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