Suppressing photochemical reactions with quantized light fields

Photochemical reactions can limit the efficiency of organic solar cells. Here the authors show that strong coupling of organic molecules to a confined light mode can effectively suppress such reactions and convert normally unstable molecules into photostable forms.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Javier Galego, Francisco J. Garcia-Vidal, Johannes Feist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13841