Issue 22, 2022

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence dendrimers achieving 20% external quantum efficiency for solution-processed OLEDs

Abstract

Two multi-carbazole-encapsulated TADF dendrimers were obtained by coupling tercarbazole (tBuTCz or MeOTCz) and di(pyridin-3-yl)methanone (DPyM) units. Both tBuTCz-DPyM and MeOTCz-DPyM show small singlet–triplet energy gap (ΔEST) values (0.01 vs. 0.02 eV) and high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) values (66.2 vs. 55.0%). High-performance solution-processed OLEDs based on tBuTCz-DPyM and MeOTCz-DPyM as the emissive layer were fabricated. The tBuTCz-DPyM-based solution-processed device exhibited a maximum current efficiency (CEmax) of 52.6 cd A−1, a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQEmax) of 20.4% and a maximum luminance (Lmax) of 6165 cd m−2 with a low turn-on voltage of 3.2 V. The MeOTCz-DPyM-based solution-processed device also showed an efficient performance with a CEmax of 27.0 cd A−1, an EQEmax of 9.2%, an Lmax of 8169 cd m−2 and a low turn-on voltage of 3.4 V. The tBuTCz-DPyM-based device (I) and the MeOTCz-DPyM-based device (II) show Commission internationale de l'éclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.25, 0.48) and (0.37, 0.54), respectively. Both tBuTCz-DPyM and MeOTCz-DPyM demonstrate a high performance among solution-processed OLEDs with TADF dendrimers.

Graphical abstract: Thermally activated delayed fluorescence dendrimers achieving 20% external quantum efficiency for solution-processed OLEDs

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
17 Leq 2022
Accepted
27 Way 2022
First published
28 Way 2022

Mater. Chem. Front., 2022,6, 3442-3449

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence dendrimers achieving 20% external quantum efficiency for solution-processed OLEDs

C. Zhang, H. Yan, Y. He, Y. Chai and D. Zhou, Mater. Chem. Front., 2022, 6, 3442 DOI: 10.1039/D2QM00833E

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