Sensitized intrinsic phosphorescence from a poly(phenylene-vinylene) derivative

F. Laquai, C. Im*, A. Kadashchuk, H. Bässler

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Abstract

Intrinsic phosphorescence in a phenyl-substituted poly(phenylene-vinylene) (PhPPV) film sensitized by a phosphorescent dye dopant has been directly observed for the first time for PPV class conjugated polymers. Efficient triplet energy transfer from the platinum porphyrin dye molecules to the PhPPV polymer was found to occur as the triplet level of the dopant (1.91 eV) is above the triplet level of PhPPV, which was determined to be at 1.63 eV. Intrinsic phosphorescence emission has been observed at room temperature as well. A significant decrease in emission intensity of phosphorescence has been found, if the sample was measured in air indicating quenching of triplets by oxygen.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)286-291
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume375
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 3 2003
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Financial support by the Stiftung Volkswagenwerk and by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie is gratefully acknowledged. C. Im also gratefully acknowledges financial support by the BMBF ‘OLAS’ Project (No. 13N8165). A. Kadashchuk acknowledges financial support from NATO Grant PST.CLG 978952. We thank Covion Organic Semiconductors for providing PhPPV.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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