Issue 3, 2017

Recent advances in organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials

Abstract

Organic materials that exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) are an attractive class of functional materials that have witnessed a booming development in recent years. Since Adachi et al. reported high-performance TADF-OLED devices in 2012, there have been many reports regarding the design and synthesis of new TADF luminogens, which have various molecular structures and are used for different applications. In this review, we summarize and discuss the latest progress concerning this rapidly developing research field, in which the majority of the reported TADF systems are discussed, along with their derived structure–property relationships, TADF mechanisms and applications. We hope that such a review provides a clear outlook of these novel functional materials for a broad range of scientists within different disciplinary areas and attracts more researchers to devote themselves to this interesting research field.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
16 May 2016
First published
24 Jan 2017

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017,46, 915-1016

Recent advances in organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials

Z. Yang, Z. Mao, Z. Xie, Y. Zhang, S. Liu, J. Zhao, J. Xu, Z. Chi and M. P. Aldred, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 915 DOI: 10.1039/C6CS00368K

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