Singlet fission efficiency in tetracene-based organic solar cells
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Wu, Tony C.
Thompson, Nicholas J.
Yost, Shane R.
Van Voorhis, Troy
Baldo, Marc A.
Congreve, Daniel Norbert
Hontz, Eric Richard
Date Issued
May 2014
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Applied Physics Letters
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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Wu, Tony C., Nicholas J. Thompson, Daniel N. Congreve, Eric Hontz, Shane R. Yost, Troy Van Voorhis, and Marc A. Baldo. “Singlet Fission Efficiency in Tetracene-Based Organic Solar Cells.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, no. 19 (May 12, 2014): 193901. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC
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Abstract
Singlet exciton fission splits one singlet exciton into two triplet excitons. Using a joint analysis of photocurrent and fluorescence modulation under a magnetic field, we determine that the triplet yield within optimized tetracene organic photovoltaic devices is 153% ± 5% for a tetracene film thickness of 20 nm. The corresponding internal quantum efficiency is 127% ± 18%. These results are used to prove the effectiveness of a simplified triplet yield measurement that relies only on the magnetic field modulation of fluorescence. Despite its relatively slow rate of singlet fission, the measured triplet yields confirm that tetracene is presently the best candidate for use with silicon solar cells.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4876600