“…As the sample temperature is increased, the intensities of both absorption (Figure a) and EPR (data not shown) signals decrease and thermoluminescence appears (Figure b, dashed line). Spectral data of pyrene in the literature suggest that − the thermoluminescence bands are Py fluorescence (360−400 nm), pyrene excimer (480 nm), and phosphorescence of the lowest-lying pyrene triplet state (590 nm). The thermoluminescence, accompanied by the disappearance of Py •+ , indicates that the luminescence originates from the reaction of trapped electrons with Py •+ .…”