Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 15, Issue 17, Pages 21333-21343Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02671
Keywords
iridium; carbene; benzonitrile; hyperphosphorescence; triplet-to-singlet FRET
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In this study, we synthesized different blue emitting homoleptic iridium(III) phosphors with specific cyclometalates. These iridium complexes displayed intense phosphorescence in the solution state and were able to transfer energy to multiresonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) terminal emitters via Fo''rster resonance energy transfer (FRET). OLEDs using these phosphors achieved true blue, narrow bandwidth emission with high efficiency. The research also analyzed the kinetic parameters involved in energy transfer processes and proposed ways to improve efficiency roll-off.
In this study, we designed and synthesized three series of blue emitting homoleptic iridium(III) phosphors bearing 4-cyano-3-methyl-1-phenyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)-benzo[d]imidazol-2-ylidene (mfcp), 5-cyano-1-methyl-3-phenyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzo[d]imidazol-2-ylidene (ofcp), and 1-(3-(tert-butyl)phenyl)-6-cyano-3-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzo[d]imidazol-2-ylidene (5-mfcp) cyclometalates, respectively. These iridium complexes exhibit intense phosphorescence in the high energy region of 435-513 nm in the solution state at RT, to which the relatively large T1 -> S0 transition dipole moment is beneficial for serving as a pure emitter and an energy donor to the multiresonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) terminal emitters via Fo''rster resonance energy transfer (FRET). The resulting OLEDs achieved true blue, narrow bandwidth EL with a max EQE of 16-19% and great suppression of efficiency roll off with nu-DABNA and t-DABNA. We obtained the FRET efficiency up to 85% using titled Ir(III) phosphors f-Ir(mfcp)3 and f-Ir(5-mfcp)3 to achieve true blue narrow bandwidth emission. Importantly, we also provide analysis on the kinetic parameters involved in the energy transfer processes and, accordingly, propose feasible ways to improve the efficiency roll-off caused by the shortened radiative lifetime of hyperphosphorescence.
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