Issue 37, 2020

A printable thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymer light emitting diode

Abstract

Amongst emissive materials for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials have shown substantial promise in the last few years. For OLEDs, solution processable and printable emissive materials are highly desirable as printing allows for precise patterning without masks, enables deposition of nanometer scale thicknesses and results in minimal wastage of material. Herein, we introduce a solution processable TADF emitting polymer as an emissive material for OLEDs. The bespoke polymer structure features the TADF emitter 4-(9H-carbazol9-yl)-2-(3′-hydroxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione as a pendant group on a poly(methyl methacrylate) based polymer chain. The resulting OLEDs have a peak emission wavelength of 520 nm with a maximum luminance of around 4700 cd m−2. The peak emission wavelength can be blue-shifted by exciplex management to achieve a peak wavelength of 494 nm. Critically, we employed the TADF-containing polymer system to ink-jet print OLEDs, demonstrating that such polymers are viable for printable OLEDs.

Graphical abstract: A printable thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymer light emitting diode

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Jun 2020
Accepted
17 Aug 2020
First published
17 Aug 2020

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 13001-13009

A printable thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymer light emitting diode

C. M. Cole, S. V. Kunz, P. E. Shaw, N. Thoebes, T. Baumann, E. Blasco, J. P. Blinco, P. Sonar, C. Barner-Kowollik and S. D. Yambem, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 13001 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC02735A

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