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.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
34(3)
Published: Nov. 12, 2021
Multiresonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR-TADF)
emitters
manifest
great
potential
for
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
due
to
their
high
exciton-utilization
efficiency
and
narrowband
emission.
Nonetheless,
tendency
toward
self-quenching
caused
by
strong
interchromophore
interactions
would
induce
doping
sensitivity
deteriorate
the
device
performances,
effective
strategy
construct
quenching-resistant
without
sacrifycing
color
purity
is
still
be
developed.
By
segregating
planar
MR-TADF
skeleton
using
two
bulky
carbazolyl
units,
herein
a
highly
emissive
molecule
with
enhanced
quenching
resistance
reported.
The
steric
effect
largely
removes
formation
of
detrimental
excimers/aggregates,
boosts
performance
corresponding
devices
maximum
external
quantum
(EQEmax
)
up
40.0%
full
width
at
half
(FWHM)
25
nm,
representative
only
example
single
OLED
that
can
concurrently
achieve
narrow
bandwidth
EL
surpassing
40%
date.
Even
ratio
30
wt%,
EQEmax
retained
33.3%
nearly
unchanged
emission
spectrum.
This
work
provides
viable
approach
realize
doping-insensitive
extreme
high-end
displays.
Advanced Optical Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10(22)
Published: Sept. 23, 2022
Abstract
Organic
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(TADF)
materials
have
attracted
significant
research
interest
in
the
field
of
organic
electronics
because
their
inherent
advantage
100%
exciton
utilization
capability
light‐emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
without
use
noble
metals.
However,
despite
high
internal
electroluminescence
quantum
efficiencies
approaching
unity,
broad
emission
spectra
with
sizable
full
width
at
half
maxima
(FWHM;
60–100
nm)
present
a
critical
issue
that
must
be
solved
for
application
ultrahigh‐definition
OLED
displays.
Recently,
new
paradigm
TADF
featuring
multiple
resonance
(MR)
effect
based
on
heteroatom‐doped
polycyclic
aromatic
frameworks,
referred
to
as
MR‐TADF
materials,
has
emerged
and
garnered
considerable
owing
remarkable
features
efficient
narrowband
emissions
extremely
small
FWHMs
(≤30
nm).
Currently,
occupy
prominent
position
cutting‐edge
from
both
chemical
physical
perspectives.
This
review
article
focuses
recent
progress
emissive
systems
perspective
molecular
design,
photophysical
properties,
performance
OLEDs.
The
current
status
future
prospects
this
advanced
material
technology
are
discussed
comprehensively.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
143(43), P. 17958 - 17963
Published: Oct. 19, 2021
The
development
of
helicene
molecules
with
significant
chiroptical
responses
covering
a
broad
range
the
visible
spectrum
is
highly
desirable
for
chiral
optoelectronic
applications;
however,
their
absorption
dissymmetry
factors
(gabs)
have
been
mostly
lower
than
0.01.
In
this
work,
we
report
unprecedented
B,N-embedded
double
hetero[7]helicenes
nonbonded
B
and
N
atoms,
which
exhibit
excellent
properties,
such
as
strong
activities
from
300
to
700
nm,
record
high
gabs
up
0.033
in
spectral
range,
tunable
circularly
polarized
luminescence
(CPL)
red
near-infrared
regions
(600-800
nm)
photoluminescence
quantum
yields
(PLQYs)
100%.
As
revealed
by
theoretical
analyses,
values
are
related
separate
molecular
orbital
distributions
owing
incorporation
atoms.
new
type
heterohelicenes
opens
an
appealing
avenue
future
exploitation
high-performance
materials.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
34(9)
Published: Dec. 8, 2021
To
achieve
an
ultimate
wide
color
gamut
for
ultrahigh-definition
displays,
there
is
great
demand
the
development
of
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
enabling
monochromatic,
ultrapure
blue
electroluminescence
(EL).
Herein,
high-efficiency
and
OLEDs
based
on
polycyclo-heteraborin
multi-resonance
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
(MR-TADF)
materials,
BOBO-Z,
BOBS-Z,
BSBS-Z,
are
reported.
The
key
to
design
present
luminophores
exquisite
combination
interplay
multiple
boron,
nitrogen,
oxygen,
sulfur
heteroatoms
embedded
in
a
fused
polycyclic
π-system.
Comprehensive
photophysical
computational
investigations
this
family
MR-TADF
materials
reveal
that
systematic
implementation
chalcogen
(oxygen
sulfur)
atoms
can
finely
modulate
emission
while
maintaining
narrow
bandwidth,
as
well
spin-flipping
rates
between
excited
singlet
triplet
states.
Consequently,
BSBS-Z
demonstrate
narrowband
EL
emission,
with
peaks
at
445-463
nm
full
width
half
maxima
18-23
nm,
leading
Commission
Internationale
de
l'Éclairage-y
coordinates
range
0.04-0.08.
Particularly,
incorporating
sulfur-doped
BOBS-Z
notably
high
maximum
external
quantum
efficiencies
26.9%
26.8%,
respectively,
small
efficiency
roll-offs
achieved
concurrently.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
61(2)
Published: Oct. 12, 2021
Multiple
resonance
(MR)
emitters
are
promising
for
highly
efficient
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
with
narrowband
emission;
however,
they
still
face
intractable
challenges
concentration-caused
emission
quenching,
exciton
annihilation,
and
spectral
broadening.
In
this
study,
sterically
wrapped
MR
dopants
a
fluorescent
core
sandwiched
by
bulk
substituents
were
developed
to
address
the
reducing
intermolecular
interactions.
Consequently,
high
photo-luminance
quantum
yields
of
≥90
%
small
full
width
at
half
maximums
(FWHMs)
≤25
nm
over
wide
range
dopant
concentrations
(1-20
wt
%)
recorded.
addition,
we
demonstrated
that
emitter
can
effectively
suppress
Dexter
interaction
when
doped
in
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
sensitizer,
eliminating
loss
through
triplet.
Within
above
concentration
range,
optimal
realizes
remarkably
maximum
external
efficiencies
36.3-37.2
%,
identical
FWHMs
24
nm,
alleviated
efficiency
roll-offs
OLEDs.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
34(29)
Published: May 19, 2022
High-color-purity
blue
and
green
organic
light-emitting
diodes
(OLEDs)
have
been
resolved
thanks
to
the
development
of
B/N-based
polycyclic
multiple
resonance
(MR)
emitters.
However,
due
derivatization
limit
B/N
structures,
design
red
MR
emitters
remains
challenging.
Herein,
a
series
novel
is
reported
by
para-positioning
N-π-N,
O-π-O,
B-π-B
pairs
onto
benzene
ring
construct
an
central
core.
These
can
be
facilely
modularly
synthesized,
allowing
for
easy
fine-tuning
emission
spectra
peripheral
groups.
Moreover,
these
display
excellent
photophysical
properties
such
as
near-unity
photoluminescence
quantum
yield
(PLQY),
fast
radiative
decay
rate
(kr
)
up
7.4
×
107
s-1
,
most
importantly,
narrowband
with
full-width
at
half-maximum
(FWHM)
32
nm.
Incorporating
emitters,
pure
OLEDs
sensitized
phosphor
realize
state-of-the-art
device
performances
external
efficiency
(EQE)
exceeding
36%,
ultralow
roll-off
(EQE
high
25.1%
brightness
50
000
cd
m-2
),
ultrahigh
over
130
together
good
lifetime.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
144(1), P. 106 - 112
Published: Dec. 23, 2021
An
expanded
heterohelicene
consisting
of
three
BN2-embedded
[4]helicene
subunits
(V-DABNA-Mes)
has
been
synthesized
by
one-shot
triple
borylation.
The
key
to
success
is
the
excessive
use
boron
tribromide
in
an
autoclave.
Based
on
multiple
resonance
effect
and
six
nitrogen
atoms,
V-DABNA-Mes
exhibited
a
narrowband
sky-blue
thermally
activated
delayed
fluorescence
with
full
width
at
half-maximum
16
nm.
resonating
π-extension
minimized
singlet-triplet
energy
gap
enabled
rapid
reverse
intersystem
crossing
rate
constant
4.4
×
105
s-1.
solution-processed
organic
light-emitting
diode
device,
employed
as
emitter,
emission
480
nm
high
external
quantum
efficiency
22.9%.