Issue 9, 2024

Upconverting photons at the molecular scale with lanthanide complexes

Abstract

In this perspective, we summarise the major milestones to date in the field of molecular upconversion (UC) with lanthanide based coordination complexes. This begins from the leap firstly from solid-state to nanoparticular regimes, and further down the scale to the molecular domain. We explain the mechanistic intricacies of each differing way of generating upconverted photons, critiquing them and outlining our views on the benefits and limitations of each process, also offering our perspective and opinion on where these new molecular UC edifices will take us. This nascent area is already rapidly expanding and improving, having increased in luminance efficiency by more than four orders of magnitude in the last decade: we conclude that the future is bright for molecular UC.

Graphical abstract: Upconverting photons at the molecular scale with lanthanide complexes

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Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
14 11 2023
Accepted
29 1 2024
First published
30 1 2024
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2024,15, 3048-3059

Upconverting photons at the molecular scale with lanthanide complexes

L. J. Charbonnière, A. M. Nonat, R. C. Knighton and L. Godec, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 3048 DOI: 10.1039/D3SC06099C

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