Issue 12, 2022

A reverse intersystem crossing managing assistant dopant for high external quantum efficiency red organic light-emitting diodes

Abstract

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials that can serve as assistant dopants with reduced Dexter energy transfer rates were designed by replacing the donor moiety of 2,3,5,6-tetra(9H-carbazol-9-yl)terephthalonitrile (4CzTPN) with 5H-benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-c]carbazole (BTCz). The employment of the BTCz donor strengthened the charge transfer character, inducing high reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) rate. Careful management of the number of BTCz donor moieties optimized the RISC rates and photoluminescence quantum yield value for high efficiency in TADF-assisted fluorescent devices. A TADF-assisted fluorescent device with the BTCz-modified TADF assistant dopant exhibited a high external quantum efficiency of 13.0% compared with 11.3% for that with the 4CzTPN assistant dopant due to suppressed Dexter energy transfer.

Graphical abstract: A reverse intersystem crossing managing assistant dopant for high external quantum efficiency red organic light-emitting diodes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 10 2021
Accepted
16 12 2021
First published
16 12 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 4821-4830

A reverse intersystem crossing managing assistant dopant for high external quantum efficiency red organic light-emitting diodes

D. J. Shin, S. C. Kim and J. Y. Lee, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 4821 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04875A

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