Issue 12, 2022

The effect of molecular aggregation of thermally activated delayed fluorescence sensitizers for hyperfluorescence in organic light-emitting diodes

Abstract

The exciton behavior of a new synthetic material, 11-phenyl-11H-9,16-dioxa-11-aza-4b-boraindeno[1,2-a]naphtho[3,2,1-de]anthracene (Ph-OBNA), which displays a multi-resonance effect, and bis[4-(9,9-dimethyl-9,10-dihydroacridine)phenyl]sulfone (DMAC-DPS) with a donor–acceptor-donor structure was analyzed. First, we conducted quantum mechanical simulations based on long-range theory (LC-ωPBE) to predict kRISC, and we confirmed the effect of the luminescence behavior by analyzing aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) according to π–π stacking and aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behavior. Actually, thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials showing ACQ and AIE behavior exhibited different triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA) and singlet–triplet annihilation (STA) rate constants. Interestingly, DMAC-DPS exhibited a restricted exciton concentration quenching behavior based on an observed AIE owing to its inhibited molecular stacking behavior. On the other hand, Ph-OBNA demonstrated somewhat reduced TTA and STA behavior due to an ACQ behavior originating from excimer formation at high concentrations. Despite this difference, both materials demonstrated a hyperfluorescence behavior that can be used to achieve moderately high device efficiency compared with that obtained from common fluorescence emitters.

Graphical abstract: The effect of molecular aggregation of thermally activated delayed fluorescence sensitizers for hyperfluorescence in organic light-emitting diodes

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Okt 2021
Accepted
18 Nov 2021
First published
19 Nov 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 4705-4716

The effect of molecular aggregation of thermally activated delayed fluorescence sensitizers for hyperfluorescence in organic light-emitting diodes

E. Y. Park, J. H. Park, Y. Kim and M. C. Suh, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 4705 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04712D

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