Issue 9, 2021

Detecting triplet states in opto-electronic and photovoltaic materials and devices by transient optically detected magnetic resonance

Abstract

Triplet excited states in organic semiconductor materials and devices are notoriously difficult to detect and study with established spectroscopic methods. Yet, they are a crucial intermediate step in next-generation organic light emitting diodes (OLED) that employ thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) to upconvert non-emissive triplets to emissive singlet states. In organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, however, triplets are an efficiency-limiting exciton loss channel and are also involved in device degradation. Here, we introduce an innovative spin-sensitive method to study triplet states in both, optically excited organic semiconductor films, as well as in electrically driven devices. The method of transient optically detected magnetic resonance (trODMR) can be applied to all light-emitting materials whose luminescence depends on paramagnetic spin states. It is thus an ideal spectroscopic tool to distinguish different states involved and determine their corresponding time scales. We unravel the role of intermediate excited spin states in opto-electronic and photovoltaic materials and devices and reveal fundamental differences in electrically and optically induced triplet states.

Graphical abstract: Detecting triplet states in opto-electronic and photovoltaic materials and devices by transient optically detected magnetic resonance

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 jun 2021
Accepted
30 jul 2021
First published
30 jul 2021

Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 2569-2575

Detecting triplet states in opto-electronic and photovoltaic materials and devices by transient optically detected magnetic resonance

J. Grüne, V. Dyakonov and A. Sperlich, Mater. Horiz., 2021, 8, 2569 DOI: 10.1039/D1MH00999K

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