Issue 11, 2020

Electron spin polarization generated by transport of singlet and quintet multiexcitons to spin-correlated triplet pairs during singlet fissions

Abstract

Singlet fission (SF) is expected to exceed the Shockley–Queisser theoretical limit of efficiency of organic solar cells. Transport of spin-entanglement in the triplet–triplet pair state via one singlet exciton is a promising phenomenon for several energy conversion applications including quantum information science. However, direct observation of electron spin polarization by transport of entangled spin-states has not been presented. In this study, time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance has been utilized to observe the transportation of singlet and quintet characters generating correlated triplet–triplet (T + T) exciton-pair states by probing the electron spin polarization (ESP) generated in thin films of 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene. We have clearly demonstrated that the ESP detected at the resonance field positions of individual triplet excitons is dependent on the morphology and on the detection delay time after laser flash to cause SF. ESP was clearly explained by quantum superposition of singlet–triplet–quintet wavefunctions via picosecond triplet-exciton dissociation as the electron spin polarization transfer from strongly exchange-coupled singlet and quintet TT states to weakly-coupled spin-correlated triplet pair states. Although the coherent superposition of spin eigenstates was not directly detected, the present interpretation of the spin correlation of the separated T + T exciton pair may pave new avenues not only for elucidating the vibronic role in the de-coupling between two excitons but also for scalable quantum information processing using quick T + T dissociation via one-photon excitation.

Graphical abstract: Electron spin polarization generated by transport of singlet and quintet multiexcitons to spin-correlated triplet pairs during singlet fissions

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
01 okt 2019
Accepted
30 dec 2019
First published
21 feb 2020
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., 2020,11, 2934-2942

Electron spin polarization generated by transport of singlet and quintet multiexcitons to spin-correlated triplet pairs during singlet fissions

S. Matsuda, S. Oyama and Y. Kobori, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 2934 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC04949E

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