Photon Management Through Energy Transfer in Halide Perovskite Nanocrystal–Dye Hybrids: Singlet vs Triplet Tuning

Abstract

Photoinduced energy and electron transfer processes offer a convenient way to convert light energy into electrical or chemical energy. These processes remain the basis of operation of thin film solar cells, light emitting and optoelectronic devices, and solar fuel generation. In many of these applications, semiconductor nanocrystals that absorb in the visible and near-infrared region are the building blocks that harvest photons and initiate energy or electron transfer to surface-bound chromophores. Such multifunctional aspects make it challenging to steer the energy transfer pathway selectively. Proper selection of the semiconductor nanocrystal donor requires consideration of the nanocrystal bandgap, along with the alignment of valence and conduction band energies relative to that of the acceptor, in order to achieve desired output of energy or electron transfer.