Issue 12, 2022

Highly efficient blue electroluminescence based on TADF emitters with spiroacridine donors: methyl group effect on photophysical properties

Abstract

The methyl group plays an important role in the regulation of the photoluminescence and electroluminescence properties of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters. In this work, a new type of methyl effect was revealed by designing donor–accepter–donor (D–A–D) type TADF systems with decorating methyl groups at the ortho-position of the donor units. Different from previous work in which the methyl groups at the ortho-position resulted in improved TADF properties, the insertion of methyl groups in this work led to the reduction of the molecular rigidity, the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) and the ratio of delayed fluorescence, as well as the extension of the lifetime of delayed fluorescence. The unusual changes of the photoluminescence behavior were well explained by theoretical simulations and further verified by the performance in electroluminescence devices. The blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on the new emitters achieved a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 19.3%.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient blue electroluminescence based on TADF emitters with spiroacridine donors: methyl group effect on photophysical properties

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Okt 2021
Accepted
24 Nov 2021
First published
26 Nov 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 4614-4619

Highly efficient blue electroluminescence based on TADF emitters with spiroacridine donors: methyl group effect on photophysical properties

H. Xia, Y. Tang, Y. Zhang, F. Ni, Y. Qiu, C. Huang, C. Wu and C. Yang, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 4614 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04939A

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