Issue 43, 2021

High performance non-doped green organic light emitting diodes via delayed fluorescence

Abstract

Non-doped, delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) provide a route to high performance devices and simplified device fabrication. Here, two ambipolar anthracene derivatives containing a hole-transporting di-p-tolylamine and a carbazole and an electron-transporting phosphine oxide moiety are rationally designed and synthesized. The thermal and optoelectronic properties were investigated and the neat films of these compounds show high photoluminescence quantum yields of 84–87%. Non-doped OLEDs with these luminogens exhibit green emission at ∼545 nm and an EQEmax of over 7.2% due to the delayed fluorescence resulting from triplet–triplet annihilation (TTA). The devices show a high luminance of over 104 400 cd m−2. Power efficiency and current efficiency maxima are up to 23.0 lm W−1 and 28.3 cd A−1, respectively. Moreover, the devices show very low efficiency roll-off and retain 90% of the maximum efficiency even at 20 000 cd m−2. When combined with a thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) assistant dopant, the green-emitting OLEDs show a high EQEmax of 17.8%.

Graphical abstract: High performance non-doped green organic light emitting diodes via delayed fluorescence

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Aug. 2021
Accepted
13 Okt. 2021
First published
14 Okt. 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021,9, 15583-15590

High performance non-doped green organic light emitting diodes via delayed fluorescence

B. Sk, V. Thangaraji, N. Yadav, G. P. Nanda, S. Das, P. Gandeepan, E. Zysman-Colman and P. Rajamalli, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 15583 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC03849D

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