Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: April 10, 2023
As
promising
luminescent
materials
for
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs),
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
are
booming
vigorously
in
recent
years,
but
robust
blue
ones
still
remain
challenging.
Herein,
we
report
three
highly
efficient
and
deep-blue
comprised
of
a
weak
electron
acceptor
chromeno[3,2-c]carbazol-8(5H)-one
with
rigid
polycyclic
structure
donor
spiro[acridine-9,9'-xanthene].
They
hold
distinguished
merits
excellent
photoluminescence
quantum
yields
(99%),
ultrahigh
horizontal
transition
dipole
ratios
(93.6%),
fast
radiative
reverse
intersystem
crossing,
which
furnish
superb
electroluminescence
Commission
Internationale
de
I'Eclairage
coordinates
(CIEx,y)
(0.14,
0.18)
0.15)
record-beating
external
efficiencies
(ηexts)
43.4%
41.3%,
respectively.
Their
efficiency
roll-offs
successfully
reduced
by
suppressing
triplet-triplet
singlet-singlet
annihilations.
Moreover,
high-performance
green
hyperfluorescence
OLEDs
achieved
utilizing
these
as
sensitizers
multi-resonance
dopants,
providing
state-of-the-art
ηexts
32.5%
(CIEx,y
=
0.14,
0.10)
37.6%
0.32,
0.64),
respectively,
well
greatly
advanced
operational
lifetimes.
These
splendid
results
can
surely
inspire
the
development
devices.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(41)
Published: Aug. 19, 2022
Herein,
we
report
two
multiple-resonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
emitters
(VTCzBN
and
TCz-VTCzBN)
based
on
indolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazole
unit
boron-nitrogen
skeletons,
whose
emissions
peaking
at
496
521
nm
with
full
width
half
maximum
of
34
29
nm,
respectively.
Meanwhile,
fast
rate
constants
reverse
intersystem
crossing
above
106
s-1
are
obtained
due
to
small
singlet-triplet
energy
gaps
large
spin-orbital
coupling
values.
Notably,
planar
molecular
structures
along
the
transition
dipole
moment
direction
endow
them
high
horizontal
emitting
ratios
up
94
%.
Consequently,
corresponding
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
show
external
quantum
efficiencies
31.7
%
32.2
%,
Particularly,
OLED
TCz-VTCzBN
display
ultra-pure
green
emission
Commission
Internationale
de
l'Eclairage
coordinates
(0.22,
0.71),
consistent
standard
National
Television
System
Committee.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
62(7)
Published: Dec. 13, 2022
Abstract
Developing
solution‐processable
red
organic
light‐emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
with
high
color
purity
and
efficiency
based
on
multiple
resonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR‐TADF)
is
a
formidable
challenge.
Herein,
by
introducing
auxiliary
electron
donor
acceptor
moieties
into
the
highest
occupied
molecular
orbital
(HOMO)
lowest
unoccupied
(LUMO)
distributed
positions
of
skeleton
simultaneously,
an
effective
strategy
to
obtain
MR‐TADF
emitters
was
represented.
The
proof‐of‐the‐concept
molecule
BN‐R
exhibits
narrowband
pure‐red
emission
at
624
nm,
luminous
94
%
narrow
bandwidth
46
nm.
Notably,
fabricated
OLED
state‐of‐the‐art
external
quantum
over
20
Commission
Internationale
de
I’Éclairage
coordinates
(0.663,
0.337)
long
operational
lifetime
(LT
50
)
1088
hours
initial
luminance
1000
cd
m
−2
.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
34(32)
Published: June 21, 2022
Multiple
resonance
(MR)-effect-induced
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(TADF)
materials
have
garnered
significant
attention
because
they
can
achieve
both
high
color
purity
and
external
quantum
efficiency
(EQE).
However,
the
reported
green-emitting
MR-TADF
exhibit
broader
emission
compared
to
those
of
blue-emitting
ones
suffer
from
severe
roll-off
due
insufficient
rate
constants
reverse
intersystem
crossing
process
(kRISC
).
Herein,
a
pure
green
material
(ν-DABNA-CN-Me)
with
kRISC
105
s-1
is
reported.
The
key
success
introduction
cyano
groups
into
(ν-DABNA),
which
causes
remarkable
bathochromic
shift
without
loss
purity.
organic
light-emitting
diode
employing
it
as
an
emitter
exhibits
at
504
nm
small
full-width
half-maximum
23
nm,
corresponding
Commission
Internationale
d'Éclairage
coordinates
(0.13,
0.65).
device
achieves
maximum
EQE
31.9%
successfully
suppresses
luminance.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: April 10, 2023
As
promising
luminescent
materials
for
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs),
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
are
booming
vigorously
in
recent
years,
but
robust
blue
ones
still
remain
challenging.
Herein,
we
report
three
highly
efficient
and
deep-blue
comprised
of
a
weak
electron
acceptor
chromeno[3,2-c]carbazol-8(5H)-one
with
rigid
polycyclic
structure
donor
spiro[acridine-9,9'-xanthene].
They
hold
distinguished
merits
excellent
photoluminescence
quantum
yields
(99%),
ultrahigh
horizontal
transition
dipole
ratios
(93.6%),
fast
radiative
reverse
intersystem
crossing,
which
furnish
superb
electroluminescence
Commission
Internationale
de
I'Eclairage
coordinates
(CIEx,y)
(0.14,
0.18)
0.15)
record-beating
external
efficiencies
(ηexts)
43.4%
41.3%,
respectively.
Their
efficiency
roll-offs
successfully
reduced
by
suppressing
triplet-triplet
singlet-singlet
annihilations.
Moreover,
high-performance
green
hyperfluorescence
OLEDs
achieved
utilizing
these
as
sensitizers
multi-resonance
dopants,
providing
state-of-the-art
ηexts
32.5%
(CIEx,y
=
0.14,
0.10)
37.6%
0.32,
0.64),
respectively,
well
greatly
advanced
operational
lifetimes.
These
splendid
results
can
surely
inspire
the
development
devices.