High-efficiency saturated red emission from binuclear cyclo-metalated platinum complex containing 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol ancillary ligand in PLEDs

A novel red-emitting binuclear platinum complex (dfppy)2Pt2(C8OXT)2 was synthesized and characterized,in which dfppy represents 2-(4',6'-difluorophenyl)pyridinato unit and C8OXT is abbreviated for 5-(4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol as a bridging ancillary ligand.Its photophysical,electrochemical and electroluminescent characteristics were primarily studied.The made single-emissive-layer (SEL) polymer light-emitting devices using (dfppy)2Pt2(C8OXT)2 as emitter exhibited a saturated red emission peaked at 620nm.The best device performances were obtained in the device at 8wt% dopant concentration,with a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.4%,a current efficiency of 4.2cd/A and brightness of 3228cd/m2.This work provides an effective approach to obtain high-efficiency red emission through construction of new binuclear platinum complex and its doped SEL devices.

A novel red-emitting binuclear platinum complex （dfppy）zPtz（C^OXT）z was synthesized and characterized, in which dfppy represents 2-（4＇,6＇-difluorophenyl）pyridinato unit and CsOXT is abbreviated for 5-（4-octyloxyphenyl）-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol as a bridging ancillary ligand. Its photophysical, electrochemical and electroluminescent characteristics were primarily studied. The made single-emissive-layer （SEL） polymer light-emitting devices using （dfppy）2Ptz（CsOXT）2 as emitter exhibited a satu- rated red emission peaked at 620 nm. The best device performances were obtained in the device at 8 wt% dopant concentration, with a maximum external quantum efficiency of 8.4%, a current efficiency of 4.2 cd/A and brightness of 3228 cd/m~. This work provides an effective approach to obtain high-efficiency red emission through construction of new binuclear platinum complex and its doped SEL devices.