Singlet Heterofission in Tetracene–Pentacene Thin‐Film Blends

Abstract: Heterofission is a photophysical process of fundamental and applied interest whereby an excited singlet state is converted into two triplets on chemically distinct chromophores. The potential of this process lies in the tuning of both the optical band gap and the splitting between singlet and triplet energies. Herein, we report the time‐domain observation of heterofission in mixed thin films of the prototypical singlet fission chromophores pentacene and tetracene using excitation wavelengths above and below the tetracene band gap. We found a time constant of 26 ps for endothermic heterofission of a singlet exciton on pentacene in blends with low pentacene fractions, which was outcompeted by pentacene homofission for increasing pentacene concentrations. Direct excitation of tetracene lead to fast energy transfer to pentacene and subsequent singlet fission, which prevented homo‐ or heterofission of a singlet exciton on tetracene.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Singlet Heterofission in Tetracene–Pentacene Thin‐Film Blends ; volume:59 ; number:45 ; year:2020 ; pages:19966-19973 ; extent:8
Angewandte Chemie / International edition. International edition ; 59, Heft 45 (2020), 19966-19973 (gesamt 8)

Creator
Zeiser, Clemens
Moretti, Luca
Lepple, Daniel
Cerullo, Giulio
Maiuri, Margherita
Broch, Katharina

DOI
10.1002/anie.202007412
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022061906391324307849
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  • Zeiser, Clemens
  • Moretti, Luca
  • Lepple, Daniel
  • Cerullo, Giulio
  • Maiuri, Margherita
  • Broch, Katharina

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