Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(16)
Published: Feb. 8, 2024
Multi-resonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR-TADF)
materials
hold
great
promise
for
advanced
high-resolution
organic
light-emitting
diode
(OLED)
displays.
However,
persistent
challenges,
such
as
severe
aggregation-caused
quenching
(ACQ)
and
slow
spin-flip,
hinder
their
optimal
performance.
We
propose
a
synergetic
steric-hindrance
excited-state
modulation
strategy
MR-TADF
emitters,
which
is
demonstrated
by
two
blue
IDAD-BNCz
TIDAD-BNCz,
bearing
sterically
demanding
8,8-diphenyl-8H-indolo[3,2,1-de]acridine
(IDAD)
3,6-di-tert-butyl-8,8-diphenyl-8H-indolo[3,2,1-de]acridine
(TIDAD),
respectively.
These
rigid
bulky
IDAD/TIDAD
moieties,
with
appropriate
electron-donating
capabilities,
not
only
effectively
mitigate
ACQ,
ensuring
efficient
luminescence
across
broad
range
of
dopant
concentrations,
but
also
induce
high-lying
charge-transfer
excited
states
that
facilitate
triplet-to-singlet
spin-flip
without
causing
undesired
emission
redshift
or
spectral
broadening.
Consequently,
implementation
high
doping
level
resulted
in
highly
narrowband
electroluminescence,
featuring
remarkable
full-width
at
half-maximum
34
nm
record-setting
external
quantum
efficiencies
34.3
%
31.8
maximum
100
cd
m
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(23)
Published: March 19, 2023
Abstract
B/N‐based
multi‐resonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR‐TADF)
emitters
and
the
corresponding
narrow
band
emissive
organic
light‐emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
exhibit
great
potential
for
next‐generation
high‐resolution
displays.
Nonetheless,
designing
MR‐TADF
with
emission
wavelength
over
550
nm
remains
challenging.
Herein,
an
effective
approach
toward
yellow‐to‐orange
by
integrating
a
strong
electron‐donating
indolophenazine
building
block
into
B/N‐doped
polycyclic
aromatic
hydrocarbons
is
proposed.
The
investigation
of
photophysical
properties
reveals
that
difference
between
donor
segments
MR
framework
has
dramatic
influence
on
luminescent
features,
including
full‐width
at
half‐maximum
(FWHM).
These
TADF
display
excellent
characteristics
such
as
near‐unity
photoluminescence
quantum
yields
almost
100%
horizontal
dipole
ratio.
As
result,
yellow
orange
OLEDs
employing
these
achieve
state‐of‐the‐art
device
performances
ultrahigh
external
efficiency
up
to
nearly
40%,
power
163
lm
W
−1
,
luminance
close
120
000
cd
m
−2
which
set
record
among
based
peaks
nm.
More
impressively,
fabricated
presents
outstanding
operational
stability
LT
99
110
h
initial
brightness
3000
.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
35(42)
Published: July 18, 2023
Abstract
Advanced
circularly
polarized
multiple‐resonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(CP‐MR‐TADF)
materials
synergize
the
advantages
of
luminescence
(CPL),
narrowband
emission,
and
TADF
characteristic,
which
can
be
fabricated
into
highly
efficient
organic
light‐emitting
diodes
(CP‐OLEDs)
with
high
color
purity,
directly
facing
urgent
market
strategic
demand
ultrahigh‐definition
3D
displays.
In
this
work,
based
on
an
edge‐topology
molecular‐engineering
(ETME)
strategy,
a
pair
high‐performance
CP‐MR‐TADF
enantiomers,
(
P
M
)‐BN‐Py,
is
developed,
merges
intrinsically
helical
chirality
MR
framework.
The
optimized
CP‐OLEDs
)‐BN‐Py
emitters
newly
developed
ambipolar
transport
host
PhCbBCz
exhibit
pure
green
emission
sharp
peaks
532
nm,
full‐width
at
half‐maximum
(FWHM)
37
Commission
Internationale
de
L'Eclairage
(CIE)
coordinates
(0.29,
0.68).
Importantly,
they
achieve
remarkable
maximum
external
quantum
efficiencies
(EQEs)
30.6%
29.2%,
clear
electroluminescence
(CPEL)
signals
dissymmetry
factors
g
EL
s)
−4.37
×
10
−4
+4.35
for
respectively.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(16)
Published: Feb. 17, 2023
Narrow-band
emission
is
essential
for
applicable
circularly
polarized
luminescence
(CPL)
active
materials
in
ultrahigh-definition
CP-OLEDs.
One
of
the
most
promising
classes
CPL
molecules,
helicenes,
however,
typically
exhibit
broad
with
a
large
Stokes
shift.
We
present,
herein,
design
strategy
capitalizing
on
intramolecular
donor-acceptor
interactions
between
nitrogen
and
boron
atoms
to
address
this
issue.
1,4-B,N-embedded
configurationally
stable
single-
double
helicenes
were
synthesized
straightforwardly.
Both
show
unprecedentedly
narrow
fluorescence
bands
(full
width
at
half
maximum
17-28
nm,
0.07-0.13
eV)
along
high
quantum
yields
(72-85
%).
Quantum
chemical
calculations
revealed
that
relative
localization
natural
transition
orbitals,
mainly
rigid
core
molecule,
small
values
root-mean-square
displacements
S0
S1
state
geometries,
contribute
narrower
emission.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
35(33)
Published: May 4, 2023
Two
multiresonant
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR-TADF)
emitters
are
presented
and
it
is
shown
how
further
borylation
of
a
deep-blue
MR-TADF
emitter,
DIDOBNA-N,
both
blueshifts
narrows
the
emission
producing
new
near-UV
MesB-DIDOBNA-N,
shown.
DIDOBNA-N
emits
bright
blue
light
(ΦPL
=
444
nm,
FWHM
64
ΦPL
81%,
τd
23
ms,
1.5
wt%
in
TSPO1).
The
organic
light-emitting
diode
(OLED)
based
on
this
twisted
compound
shows
very
high
maximum
external
quantum
efficiency
(EQEmax
)
15.3%
for
device
with
CIEy
0.073.
fused
planar
MesB-DIDOBNA-N
efficient
narrowband
(λPL
402
19
74.7%,
133
best
OLED
doped
co-host,
highest
reported
at
16.2%.
With
coordinate
0.049,
also
bluest
EL
to
date.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
36(1)
Published: Nov. 14, 2023
Abstract
Helicenes
exhibit
substantial
potential
as
circularly
polarized
luminescence
(CPL)
active
molecules.
However,
their
application
in
organic
light‐emitting
diodes
(CP‐OLEDs)
is
typically
hindered
by
the
challenge
of
integrating
both
high
color
purity
and
efficient
triplet‐harvesting
capability,
particularly
blue
spectral
region.
Herein,
a
series
hetero[6]helicene‐based
emitters
that
strategically
engineered
through
helical
extension
deep‐blue
double‐boron‐based
multiple
resonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR‐TADF)
motif,
introduced.
Importantly,
does
not
cause
apparent
structural
deformation
or
perturb
frontier
molecular
orbitals;
thus,
preserving
emission
MR‐TADF
characteristics
parent
molecule.
This
approach
also
leads
to
reduced
reorganization
energy,
resulting
with
narrower
linewidth
higher
photoluminescence
quantum
yield.
Further,
motif
enhances
racemization
barrier
improved
CPL
performance
dissymmetry
factor
values
up
1.5
×
10
−3
.
Exploiting
these
merits,
devices
incorporating
chiral
dopants
demonstrate
within
Broadcast
Service
Television
2020
color‐gamut
range,
record
external
efficiencies
(EQEs)
29.3%,
have
distinctive
electroluminescence
(CPEL)
signals.
Overall,
authors’
findings
underscore
promising
strategy
for
designing
narrowband
chiroptical
materials
advancing
high‐definition
displays.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
36(5)
Published: Sept. 12, 2023
Chiral
B/N
embedded
multi-resonance
(MR)
emitters
open
a
new
paradigm
of
circularly
polarized
(CP)
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
owing
to
their
unique
narrowband
spectra.
However,
pure-red
CP-MR
and
devices
remain
exclusive
in
literature.
Herein,
by
introducing
B-N
covalent
bond
lower
the
electron-withdrawing
ability
para-positioned
B-π-B
motif,
first
pair
double
hetero-[n]helicenes
(n
=
6
7)
emitter
peaking
617
nm
with
small
full-width
at
half-maximum
38
high
photoluminescence
quantum
yield
≈100%
toluene
is
developed.
The
intense
mirror-image
CP
light
produced
enantiomers
characterized
dissymmetry
factors
(g
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(19)
Published: March 11, 2023
Advanced
multiple
resonance
induced
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR-TADF)
emitters
have
emerged
as
a
privileged
motif
for
applications
in
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs),
because
they
furnish
highly
tunable
TADF
characteristics
and
high
color
purity
emission.
Herein,
based
on
the
unique
nitrogen-atom
embedding
molecular
engineering
(NEME)
strategy,
series
of
compounds
BN-TP-Nx
(x=1,
2,
3,
4)
been
customized.
The
anchored
at
different
position
triphenylene
hexagonal
lattice
entails
varying
degrees
perturbation
to
electronic
structure.
newly-constructed
demonstrated
precise
regulation
emission
maxima
MR-TADF
meet
actual
industrial
demand,
further
enormously
enriched
reservoir.
BN-TP-N3-based
OLED
exhibits
ultrapure
green
emission,
with
peak
524
nm,
full-width
half-maximum
(FWHM)
33
Commission
Internationale
de
L'Eclairage
(CIE)
coordinates
(0.23,
0.71),
maximum
external
quantum
efficiency
(EQE)
37.3
%.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(20)
Published: March 15, 2023
Though
the
flourishment
of
materials
with
multiple
resonance
(MR)
in
blue
to
green
regions,
red-emissive
MR
emitters
are
still
rare
literatures,
which
definitely
should
be
resolved
for
further
applications.
Herein,
we
report
a
simple
molecular
design
strategy
construction
pure-red
by
conjugate
charge
transfer,
could
greatly
enhance
π-conjugation
degree
and
charge-transfer
property
target
molecule
while
maintaining
basic
feature
MR,
leading
significant
redshift
more
than
128
nm
compared
selected
parent
core.
The
proof-of-concept
emitter
PPZ-BN
exhibited
emission
dominant
peak
at
613
small
full-width-at-half-maximum
0.16
eV
(48
nm).
optimized
organic
light-emitting
diode
showed
high
external
quantum
efficiency
26.9
%,
roll-off,
an
excellent
operation
stability
(LT99)
43
hours
initial
luminance
10
000
cd
m-2
.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(32)
Published: June 16, 2023
Designing
multi-resonance
(MR)
emitters
that
can
simultaneously
achieve
narrowband
emission
and
suppressed
intermolecular
interactions
is
challenging
for
realizing
high
color
purity
stable
blue
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs).
Herein,
a
sterically
shielded
yet
extremely
rigid
emitter
based
on
triptycene-fused
B,N
core
(Tp-DABNA)
proposed
to
address
the
issue.
Tp-DABNA
exhibits
intense
deep
emissions
with
narrow
full
width
at
half
maximum
(FWHM)
horizontal
transition
dipole
ratio,
superior
well-known
bulky
emitter,
t-DABNA.
The
MR
skeleton
of
suppresses
structural
relaxation
in
excited
state,
reduced
contributions
from
medium-
high-frequency
vibrational
modes
spectral
broadening.
hyperfluorescence
(HF)
film
composed
sensitizer
shows
Dexter
energy
transfer
compared
those
t-DABNA
DABNA-1.
Notably,
TADF-OLEDs
display
higher
external
quantum
efficiencies
(EQEmax
=24.8
%)
narrower
FWHMs
(≤26
nm)
than
t-DABNA-based
OLEDs
=19.8
%).
HF-OLEDs
further
demonstrate
improved
performance
an
EQEmax
28.7
%
mitigated
efficiency
roll-offs.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(19)
Published: May 12, 2023
Stable
deep
blue
multiresonance
emitters
with
small
full
width
at
half
maximum
(FWHM)
are
attractive
for
wide
color-gamut
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs).
However,
the
steric
repulsion
from
spatially
close
hydrogens
would
twist
skeletons,
causing
spectral
broadening
and
molecular
instability
issues.
Here,
we
strategically
introduce
a
mesitylboron
locking
unit
into
carbazole-embedded
model
emitter,
alleviating
hydrogen
repulsions
also
strengthening
para-positioned
weak
carbon-nitrogen
bond
in
anionic
states.
An
emission
peaking
452
nm
an
FWHM
of
merely
14
nearly
BT.2020
chromaticity
coordinates
obtained
toluene,
affording
high
external
quantum
efficiency
33.9%
sensitizing
device.
Moreover,
impressive
LT97
(time
to
decay
97%
initial
luminance)
178
hours
constant
current
density
12
mA/cm2
was
achieved
stable
device
y
coordinate
0.057,
20
times
longer
than
emitter
even
substantially
red-shifted
emission.