Efficient red phosphorescent OLEDs based on the energy transfer from interface exciplex: the critical role of constituting molecules

A novel acceptor material,9-(4′-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)-9H-carbazole(o-DTPPC)was developed to form interface exciplex with commonly used donors,to maximize the performances of red phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes(PHOLEDs).It is found that the exciplex involving 4,4′-(cyclohexane-1,1-diyl)bis(N,N-di-p-tolylaniline)(TAPC)exhibits the most significant thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF)property,derived from the high triplet energy level as well as strong hole-transporting ability of TAPC.Intriguingly,it is the same donor-acceptor combination which achieved the highest device efficiency when adopted as the host for red PHOLEDs.Maximum efficiencies as high as31.36 cd A^(-1),17.95 lm W^(-1),and 21.01%for the current efficiency,power efficiency and external quantum efficiency,respectively with low efficiency roll-off were realized.The improved performance can be attributed to the efficient TADF properties of the interface exciplex-forming host constituting TAPC,benefiting the F?rster energy transfer.The article first underlines the importance of the constituting molecules in the interface exciplex-forming hosts,shedding new insight about the choice of interface exciplex as the host for PHOLEDs,which may lead to even higher performances,paving their ways towards practical applications.

Investigation on two triphenylene based electron transport materials

Promoting electron mobility is the key to designing high performance electron transport materials(ETMs). Formation of intermolecular interaction can be helpful to enhance their electron mobilities as a result of more ordered molecular stacking.Here, to reveal the inherent influence of intermolecular π-π stacking on the electron mobilities, we designed two ETMs, namely,2,4-diphenyl-6-[3-(2-triphenylenyl)phenyl]-1,3,5-triazine(TPTRZ) and 2,4-diphenyl-6-[4′-(2-triphenylenyl)[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl]-1,3,5-triazine(TPPTRZ). Thermal, photophysical and electrochemical measurement results indicate they are good ETM candidates. Additionally, TPTRZ and TPPTRZ exhibit high electron mobilities of 3.60×10^(-5) and 3.58×10^(-5) cm^2V-1 s^(-1), respectively, at an electric field of 7×10~5 V cm^(-1). By taking X-ray single crystal structure, theoretical calculation and time of flight(TOF) results into consideration, it is revealed that strong intermolecular π-π stacking induced by planar triphenylene and triphenyltriazine units renders TPTRZ and TPPTRZ small energetic and positional disorder parameters, and results in their high electron mobilities thereby. By further enhancing intermolecular π-π stacking, ETMs with even higher electron mobilities can thus be anticipated.