In:
Chemistry – A European Journal, Wiley, Vol. 26, No. 70 ( 2020-12-15), p. 16793-16801
Abstract:
Doubly boron‐doped thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters based on a 9,10‐diboraanthracene (DBA) acceptor decorated with ortho ‐donor groups (Cz2 o DBA, 2 ; BuCz2 o DBA, 3 ; DMAC2 o DBA, 4 ) are prepared to realize high‐efficiency green‐to‐red organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs). X‐ray diffraction analyses of 2 and 4 reveal the symmetrical and highly twisted ortho ‐donor–acceptor–donor (D‐A‐D) structure of the emitters. The twisted conformation leads to a very small energy splitting (Δ E ST 〈 0.08 eV) between the excited singlet and triplet states that gives rise to strong TADF, as supported by theoretical studies. Depending on the strength of the donor moieties, the emission color is fine‐tuned in the visible region from green ( 2 ) to yellow ( 3 ) to red ( 4 ). Carbazole‐containing 2 and 3 exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) approaching 100 %, whereas DMAC‐substituted 4 is moderately emissive (PLQY=44 %) in a doped host film. Highly efficient green‐to‐red TADF‐OLEDs are realized with the proposed ortho ‐D‐A‐D compounds as emitters. The green and yellow OLEDs incorporating Cz2 o DBA ( 2 ) and BuCz2 o DBA ( 3 ) emitters exhibit high external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) of 26.6 % and 21.6 %, respectively. In particular, the green device shows an excellent power efficiency above 100 lm W −1 . A red OLED fabricated with a DMAC2 o DBA ( 4 ) emitter exhibits a maximum EQE of 10.1 % with an electroluminescence peak at 615 nm.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0947-6539
,
1521-3765
DOI:
10.1002/chem.202002968
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2020
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1478547-X
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