Carbazole-triazine dendrimers with a bulky terminal substituent were synthesized,and the thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF)property was investigated.Compared to unsubstituted carbazole dendrimers,dendrimer...Carbazole-triazine dendrimers with a bulky terminal substituent were synthesized,and the thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF)property was investigated.Compared to unsubstituted carbazole dendrimers,dendrimers with bulky terminal substituents showed comparable to better photoluminescence quantum yields(PLQY)in neat films.Phenylfluorene(PF)-substituted dendrimers showed the highest PLQY of 81%,a smallΔEst of 0.06 eV,and the fastest reverse intersystem crossing(RISC)rate of∼1×10^(5 )s^(−1) compared to other dendrimers.Phosphorescence measurements of dendrimers and dendrons(fragments)indicate that the close proximity of the triplet energy of phenylfluorene-substituted carbazole dendrons(^(3)LE)to that of phenylfluorene-substituted dendrimers(^(1)CT,^(3)CT)contributes to RISC promotion and improves TADF efficiency.Terminal modification fine-tunes the energy level and suppresses intermolecular interactions,and this study provides a guideline for designing efficient solution-processable and non-doped TADF materials.展开更多
Improving the utilization of excitons has always been an important topic for the development of electroluminescence devices.In this work,we designed and synthesized three red TADF emitters TPA-DBT12,TPA-DBT3 and DTPA-...Improving the utilization of excitons has always been an important topic for the development of electroluminescence devices.In this work,we designed and synthesized three red TADF emitters TPA-DBT12,TPA-DBT3 and DTPA-DBT by employing dibenzothioxanthone(DBT)acceptor framework to stabilize the locally excited triplet state to participate in the reverse intersystem crossing(RISC)process.The fast RISC process and singlet radiation decay process gave rise to evidently enhanced exciton utilization.All of the red OLEDs based on these materials showed maximum EQE over 11% and high exciton utilization close to 100%.This work not only extend the acceptor framework for red materials but also provide a new perspective for the design of highly efficient red TADF materials with 100% exciton utilization by managing locally excited triplet state.展开更多
基金Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology,Grant/Award Number:ARIM/JPMXP1222JI0040Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Grant/Award Numbers:KAKENHI/JP20KK0316,KAKENHI/JP21H05405,KAKENHI/JP22H02055,KAKENHI/JP23H02026,KAKENHI/JP23H03966,KAKENHI/JP20H02801。
文摘Carbazole-triazine dendrimers with a bulky terminal substituent were synthesized,and the thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF)property was investigated.Compared to unsubstituted carbazole dendrimers,dendrimers with bulky terminal substituents showed comparable to better photoluminescence quantum yields(PLQY)in neat films.Phenylfluorene(PF)-substituted dendrimers showed the highest PLQY of 81%,a smallΔEst of 0.06 eV,and the fastest reverse intersystem crossing(RISC)rate of∼1×10^(5 )s^(−1) compared to other dendrimers.Phosphorescence measurements of dendrimers and dendrons(fragments)indicate that the close proximity of the triplet energy of phenylfluorene-substituted carbazole dendrons(^(3)LE)to that of phenylfluorene-substituted dendrimers(^(1)CT,^(3)CT)contributes to RISC promotion and improves TADF efficiency.Terminal modification fine-tunes the energy level and suppresses intermolecular interactions,and this study provides a guideline for designing efficient solution-processable and non-doped TADF materials.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21772209)the National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals.
文摘Improving the utilization of excitons has always been an important topic for the development of electroluminescence devices.In this work,we designed and synthesized three red TADF emitters TPA-DBT12,TPA-DBT3 and DTPA-DBT by employing dibenzothioxanthone(DBT)acceptor framework to stabilize the locally excited triplet state to participate in the reverse intersystem crossing(RISC)process.The fast RISC process and singlet radiation decay process gave rise to evidently enhanced exciton utilization.All of the red OLEDs based on these materials showed maximum EQE over 11% and high exciton utilization close to 100%.This work not only extend the acceptor framework for red materials but also provide a new perspective for the design of highly efficient red TADF materials with 100% exciton utilization by managing locally excited triplet state.
