Issue 2, 2002

Abstract

We describe the synthesis of three new isomeric 1,3,4-oxadiazole–pyridine hybrids, namely: 2,6-, 3,5- and 2,4-bis[2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]pyridine, (PDPy-2,6, PDPy-3,5 and PDPy-2,4, respectively) and a 1,3,4-oxadiazole–pyrimidine hybrid, namely: 2,5-bis[2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]pyrimidine (PDPmDP). The X-ray crystal structures are reported for PDPy-2,4 and the known phenylene analogue 1,3-bis[2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]benzene (OXD-7) as a 1∶1 toluene solvate. The packing motif for molecules of both PDPy-2,4 and OXD-7 is that of discrete layers with the mean planes of all the molecules in the crystals parallel to within 6°. We have fabricated light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV) doped with rubrene as the emissive material, with and without a thermally evaporated electron conducting/hole-blocking (ECHB) layer of PDPy-2,6, PDPy-3,5 and PDPy-2,4, PDPmDP and OXD-7, in the device configuration ITO/MEH-PPV(Ru)/ECHB layer/Al. Electroluminescence spectra indicate that light is emitted only from the MEH-PPV layer. The bilayer LEDs are considerably more efficient than single layer devices, e.g. the external quantum efficiences of devices incorporating PDPy-2,6, PDPy-3,5 and OXD-7 are 0.14, 0.04 and 0.06% at 40 mA m−2, respectively, cf. 0.007% for the reference single-layer MEH-PPV(Ru) device. There is no clear correlation between experimental EQE values and the PM3 calculated LUMO levels of the materials.

Graphical abstract: New electron-transporting materials for light emitting diodes: 1,3,4-oxadiazole–pyridine and 1,3,4-oxadiazole–pyrimidine hybrids

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jul 2001
Accepted
07 Nov 2001
First published
17 Dec 2001

J. Mater. Chem., 2002,12, 173-180

New electron-transporting materials for light emitting diodes: 1,3,4-oxadiazole–pyridine and 1,3,4-oxadiazole–pyrimidine hybrids

C. Wang, G. Jung, A. S. Batsanov, M. R. Bryce and M. C. Petty, J. Mater. Chem., 2002, 12, 173 DOI: 10.1039/B106907C

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