Issue 17, 2016

Solubilised bright blue-emitting iridium complexes for solution processed OLEDs

Abstract

Combining a sterically bulky, electron-deficient 2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)pyridine (dFMesppy) cyclometalating CN ligand with an electron rich, highly rigidified 1,1′-(α,α′-o-xylylene)-2,2′-biimidazole (o-xylbiim) NN ligand gives an iridium complex, [Ir(dFMesppy)2(o-xylbiim)](PF6), that achieves extraordinarily bright blue emission (ΦPL = 90%; λmax = 459 nm in MeCN) for a cationic iridium complex. This complex is compared with two reference complexes bearing 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine, and solution-processed organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been fabricated from these materials.

Graphical abstract: Solubilised bright blue-emitting iridium complexes for solution processed OLEDs

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Jan 2016
Accepted
04 Feb 2016
First published
04 Feb 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 3726-3737

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Solubilised bright blue-emitting iridium complexes for solution processed OLEDs

A. F. Henwood, A. K. Bansal, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, I. D. W. Samuel and E. Zysman-Colman, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 3726 DOI: 10.1039/C6TC00151C

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