@phdthesis{Gruene2022,
  author    = {Gr{\"u}ne, Jeannine},
  title     = {Spin States and Efficiency-Limiting Pathways in Optoelectronic Materials and Devices},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-29340},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-293405},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This thesis addresses the identification and characterization of spin states in optoelectronic materials and devices using multiple spin-sensitive techniques. For this purpose, a systematic study focussing on triplet states as well as associated loss pathways and excited state kinetics was carried out. The research was based on comparing a range of donor:acceptor systems, reaching from organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) to organic photovoltaics (OPV) employing fullerene and multiple non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs). By developing new strategies, e.g., appropriate modeling, new magnetic resonance techniques and experimental frameworks, the influence of spin states in the fundamental processes of organic semiconductors has been investigated. Thereby, the combination of techniques based on the principle of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), in particular transient EPR (trEPR) and optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR), with all-optical methods, such as transient electroluminescence (trEL) and transient absorption (TA), has been employed. As a result, excited spin states, especially molecular and charge transfer (CT) states, were investigated in terms of kinetic behavior and associated pathways, which revealed a significant impact of triplet states on efficiency-limiting processes in both optoelectronic applications.},
  subject      = {Elektronenspinresonanz},
  language  = {en}
}