Journal
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
Volume 48, Issue -, Pages 262-270Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2017.06.029
Keywords
Small molecules; TADF; Solution-process; Non-doped; Organic light-emitting diodes
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20160440, BK20150427, BK20160434, BK20140473]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [51602277, 21605128, 51672236, 51503177]
- Talent Introduction Project of Yancheng Institute of Technology [XJ201737]
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Two fluorescent emitters, namely, phenylbis(4-(3,3'',6,6''-tetra-tert-butyl-90H-[9',3': 6',9''-tercarbazol]-9'-yl) phenyl) phosphineoxide (TPPOCz) and 9',9''''-(sulfonylbis(4,1-phenylene)) bis(3,3'',6,6''-tetra-tertbutyl-9'H-9,3': 6',9''-tercarbazole) (DBSOCz) are constructed. These compounds emit deep-blue and bluish-green signals and feature triphenylphosphine oxide/sulfonyldibenzene as electron acceptor core and carbazole dendrite as electron donor encapsulation groups. A simple construction strategy functionalizes these emitters to exhibit high thermal stability, suitable highest occupied molecular orbital/lowest unoccupied molecular orbital levels, relatively high photoluminescent quantum yields, and good film-forming capability. Emission spectrum and quantum computation were used to confirm that TPPOCz and DBSOCz possess small singletetriplet energy splitting (0.22 and 0.10 eV). As a result, these fluorescent emitters exhibit significant thermally activated delayed fluorescence features with a short delayed fluorescence lifetime. Consequently, solution-processed OLEDs featuring DBSOCz as the nondoped emitter achieved a maximum current efficiency of 15.5 cd/A and external quantum efficiency of 7.65%. Surprisingly, the DBSOCz-based device exhibits an ultraslow current efficiency roll-off of 4.5% at a high luminance of 3000 cd/m2. The value represents almost the lowest attenuation of current efficiency in thermally activated delayed fluorescence-based OLEDs. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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