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Integrating a Triplet-triplet Annihilation Up-conversion System to Enhance Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Response to Sub-bandgap Light
Published on: September 12, 2014
Spatially confined photoexcitation with triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion
Zhijia Wang1, Yuqi Hou1, Zepeng Huo2
1State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E-208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116024, P. R. China. zhaojzh@dlut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Two-photon absorption (TPA) has been widely used in confocal microscopy, photo-initiated three-dimensional (3D) polymerization, and 3D-micro/nanofabrication. These applications are based on the spatial confinement of the TPA excitation, due to the quadratic excitation power dependency of the excitation. However, an expensive and high-power femtosecond (fs) pulsed laser has to be used. Herein, we show a new technique as a promising alternative to the TPA to achieve spatially confined excitation, but no fs laser and TPA dyes are required. This new spatially confined excitation with a continuous wave laser is based on triplet-triplet-annihilation upconversion. The potential of the new technique was demonstrated by spatially confined photopolymerization.
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