Issue 2, 2017

Solvent effects on the triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion of diiodo-Bodipy and perylene

Abstract

Solvent effects play a very important role in photochemical reactions and energy transfer processes in solution; however, these effects are rarely mentioned in the triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion fluorescence experiments. In a typical TTA upconversion system of a photosensitizer of diiodo-Bodipy (I2-Bodipy) and a triplet acceptor of perylene, five common inert solvents, hexane, heptane, toluene, 1,4-dioxane, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), were used to investigate the solvent effects on the overall quantum yield of upconversion fluorescence. Femtosecond and nanosecond time-resolved transient difference absorption spectra were obtained to study the efficiencies of intersystem crossing (ISC) and triplet–triplet energy transfer (TTET). From the obtained upconversion fluorescence emission spectra, the overall TTA upconversion fluorescence quantum yield was derived. Among the five solvents, the upconversion quantum yield in dioxane is the highest at 19.16%, more than twice that that in toluene (8.75%). For the solvents hexane, heptane, toluene, and dioxane, the yields generally follow the sequences of polarity and viscosity. However, a very low upconversion quantum yield (1.51%) was observed in DMSO although the TTET process and fluorescence quantum yield of perylene in DMSO were almost as efficient as in dioxane. Based on density functional theory calculations, a reasonable explanation for these solvent effects was proposed.

Graphical abstract: Solvent effects on the triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion of diiodo-Bodipy and perylene

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Oct 2016
Accepted
02 Dec 2016
First published
05 Dec 2016

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 1516-1525

Solvent effects on the triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion of diiodo-Bodipy and perylene

Q. Zhou, M. Zhou, Y. Wei, X. Zhou, S. Liu, S. Zhang and B. Zhang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 1516 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP06897A

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