Cascaded Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Towards Near-Infrared Organic Lasers Beyond 850 nm
Jun-Jie Wu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Ming-Peng Zhuo
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Runchen Lai
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116000 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorSheng-Nan Zou
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorChang-Cun Yan
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYi Yuan
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorSheng-Yi Yang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorGuo-Qing Wei
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
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Dr. Xue-Dong Wang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
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Prof. Liang-Sheng Liao
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Institute of Organic Optoelectronics, JITRI, Wujiang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215211 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorJun-Jie Wu
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Ming-Peng Zhuo
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Runchen Lai
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116000 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorSheng-Nan Zou
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorChang-Cun Yan
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorYi Yuan
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorSheng-Yi Yang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorGuo-Qing Wei
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Dr. Xue-Dong Wang
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
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Prof. Liang-Sheng Liao
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123 P. R. China
Institute of Organic Optoelectronics, JITRI, Wujiang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215211 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorGraphical Abstract
Six-level energy systems are constructed through the cascaded occurrence of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer consisting of a first ultrafast proton transfer of <430 fs and a following dominant and irreversible proton transfer of ca. 1.6 ps, which support the NIR single-mode lasing at 854 nm for exploiting energy-level systems of OSSLs, especially at the NIR region from 780 to 2500 nm.
Abstract
Near-infrared (NIR) organic solid-state lasers play an essential role in applications ranging from laser communication to infrared night vision, but progress in this area is restricted by the lack of effective excited-state gain processes. Herein, we originally proposed and demonstrated the cascaded occurrence of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer for constructing the completely new energy-level systems. Cascading by the first ultrafast proton transfer of <430 fs and the subsequent irreversible second proton transfer of ca. 1.6 ps, the stepwise proton transfer process favors the true six-level photophysical cycle, which supports efficient population inversion and thus NIR single-mode lasing at 854 nm. This work realizes longest wavelength beyond 850 nm of organic single-crystal lasing to date and originally exploits the cascaded excited-state molecular proton transfer energy-level systems for organic solid-state lasers.
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