Issue 14, 2022

Distinction of charge transfer and Frenkel excitons in pentacene traced via infrared spectroscopy

Abstract

Infrared spectroscopy studies on pentacene single crystals have been performed in the frequency range of 12 meV to 3 eV in reflection and transmission configurations as a function of temperature, down to 10 K. Our results reveal the dominant contributions of the excitonic bands at the absorption edge. The singlet transitions of the Frenkel excitons at 1.78 eV with 130 meV Davydov splitting have been identified. An additional excitonic feature observed at 1.83 eV can be assigned to a charge transferr type exciton evidenced by the strong vibrational anomalies. On the other hand, the strong feature seen at 1.67 eV does not couple to the vibrational modes and suggests an electronic origin in nature.

Graphical abstract: Distinction of charge transfer and Frenkel excitons in pentacene traced via infrared spectroscopy

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 9 2021
Accepted
07 3 2022
First published
15 3 2022

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 5582-5589

Distinction of charge transfer and Frenkel excitons in pentacene traced via infrared spectroscopy

M. Pinterić, S. Roh, S. Hammer, J. Pflaum, M. Dressel and E. Uykur, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 5582 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04297A

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