Twisted biaryl-amines as novel host materials for green-emissive phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PhOLEDs)

Abstract

Insertion of rigid biaryl moieties, namely, 2,2′,6,6′-tetramethylbiphenyl and 2,2′,6,6′-tetramethoxylbiphenyl, between two phenyl rings of CBP leads to novel host materials with improved thermal stabilities (T_gs ∼ 111–148 °C). Their high triplet energies (2.63–2.83 eV) permit application as host materials for green phosphors, i.e., Ir(ppy)₃. External quantum efficiency and brightness of the order of ca. 15% and ca. 6000 cd m⁻² have been realized with TetMeTPA and TetOMeCZL, respectively.