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A green solvent for operating highly efficient low-power photon upconversion in air

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 21, Issue 27, Pages 14516-14520

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01296f

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51603141, 51873145, 51673143]
  2. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province-Excellent Youth Foundation [BK20170065]
  3. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20160358]
  4. Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province [17KJA430016, 18KJB430024]
  5. 5th 333 High-level Talents Training Project of Jiangsu Province [BRA2018340]
  6. Six Talent Summits Project of Jiangsu Province [XCL-79]
  7. Qing Lan Project

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D-Limonene, obtained from the rind of citrus fruits, was demonstrated as a green solvent to realize air-stable and highly efficient triplet-triplet annihilation photon upconversion (TTA-UC). This natural low-toxic compound also contributed to noncoherent UC excited by a solar simulator in air, making TTA-UC materials promising candidates in solar energy and other practical applications. The rapid deoxygenating ability of D-limonene was thoroughly investigated. This system demonstrated very good UC performance for a fluid solution under ambient conditions. Besides, other eight types of terpene were also explored to enrich the alternatives for air-stable TTA-UC in protic and aprotic fluidic environments. This work provides a terpene-based protective platform for oxygen-sensitive TTA-UC applications ranging from life science to photonic devices.

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