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Laszlo Frazer
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Artificial lighting is a widespread technology which consumes large amounts of energy. Triplet-triplet annihilation photochemical upconversion is a method of converting light to a higher frequency. Here, we show theoretically that photochemical upconversion can be applied to Watt-scale lighting, with performance closely approaching the 50% quantum yield upper limit. We describe the dynamic equilibrium of an efficient device consisting of an LED, an upconverting material, and an optical cavity from optical and thermal perspectives.
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