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Speaker: Prof. Girish Lakhwani
School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia
Title: "Organic optoelectronics in strong light-matter
coupling regime".
Day and Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2025
Time: 11.00 am.
Venue: Room no. 350, Chemistry Department
Second floor, Annex
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Hosted by Prof. G. Naresh Patwari
Abstract Light can strongly couple with molecules to form polaritons that can
significantly alter excited energy states. This paves the way for
innovative approaches to developing light based technologies, enhancing
energy transfer over long distances, and facilitating the making and
breaking of chemical bonds. [1-2] In my talk, I will discuss our recent
work examining the impact of strong light-matter coupling on the physics of
organic semiconductors and devices.
In the first case, I’ll discuss the potential of strong light-matter
coupling to reduce excimer emission. Thermally activated delayed
fluorescence (TADF) has garnered significant attention due to its capacity
to harvest triplet
excitons back into bright singlet excitons through reverse intersystem
crossing (RISC) using thermal energy. However, in OLEDs, TADF emitters
frequently experience molecular aggregation, which limits their
applicability because of aggregation-induced excimer formation that
results in a larger Stokes shift and broader emission spectrum. We
demonstrate that in the strong light matter coupling regime, both prompt
and delayed excimer emission can be suppressed, and an increase in RISC
rate constants of up to 33% can be achieved, providing a pathway to
harvest non-radiative triplets more efficiently. (3)
In the second case, I will discuss the longer effective charge carrier
lifetimes observed in OSCs operating under strong light-matter coupling,
which we reveal result from reduced bimolecular recombination. [4] This
study underscores the significant impact of strong light-matter coupling on
modifying the device physics in OSCs, paving the way for engineering more
efficient OSCs.