Issue 3, 2014

High-efficiency deep-blue organic light-emitting diodes based on a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter

Abstract

Highly efficient deep-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) is observed from a charge-transfer compound bis[4-(3,6-dimethoxycarbazole)phenyl]sulfone (DMOC-DPS). In comparison with the previously reported carbazole/sulfone derivative with tert-butyl substituents on the carbazole donors, DMOC-DPS exhibits a much shorter excited-state lifetime in both an aromatic solution and an organic thin film, because the change of the substituent on the donor affects the molecular energy levels of the first singlet (S1) and triplet (T1) excited states in different ways, decreasing the energy gap between S1 and T1EST). An organic light emitting diode (OLED) based on DMOC-DPS achieves a maximum external electroluminescence quantum efficiency (EQE) of 14.5% and reduced efficiency roll-off, with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.16, 0.16), owing to efficient exciton harvesting that occurs through triplet-to-singlet up-conversion.

Graphical abstract: High-efficiency deep-blue organic light-emitting diodes based on a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Oct 2013
Accepted
09 Nov 2013
First published
12 Nov 2013

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014,2, 421-424

High-efficiency deep-blue organic light-emitting diodes based on a thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter

S. Wu, M. Aonuma, Q. Zhang, S. Huang, T. Nakagawa, K. Kuwabara and C. Adachi, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 421 DOI: 10.1039/C3TC31936A

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