Issue 5, 2018

A blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter developed by appending a fluorene moiety to a carbazole donor with meta-linkage for high-efficiency OLEDs

Abstract

A new thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter, 3-(9,9′-spirobi[fluoren]-6-yl)-9-(4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole (SFCC), was developed for blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and its thermal, photophysical and electrochemical properties were systematically investigated. Upon introducing a 9,9′-spiro-bifluorene group through its C3 position to the C3 position of carbazole, the resulting new backbone had a more delocalized highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) than carbazole itself which led to a higher photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) compared with that of the control material, 3-bromo-9-(4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole (TRTZ). The OLED based on SFCC as the blue TADF emitter has a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 10.59%, with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.17, 0.21), significantly surpassing the performance of the reference emitter TRTZ, indicating that the introduction of the 9,9′-spiro-bifluorene unit is a promising strategy for the modification of TADF materials.

Graphical abstract: A blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter developed by appending a fluorene moiety to a carbazole donor with meta-linkage for high-efficiency OLEDs

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
21 Dec 2017
Accepted
02 Feb 2018
First published
05 Feb 2018

Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 917-922

A blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter developed by appending a fluorene moiety to a carbazole donor with meta-linkage for high-efficiency OLEDs

J. Liang, Y. Li, Y. Yuan, S. Li, X. Zhu, S. Barlow, M. Fung, Z. Jiang, S. R. Marder and L. Liao, Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, 2, 917 DOI: 10.1039/C7QM00605E

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