Issue 2, 2016

Enhancing the photoluminescence quantum yields of blue-emitting cationic iridium(iii) complexes bearing bisphosphine ligands

Abstract

Herein we present a structure–property relationship study of thirteen cationic iridium(III) complexes of the form of [Ir(C^N)2(P^P)]PF6 in both solution and the solid state through systematic evaluation of six bisphosphine (P^P) ligands (xantphos, dpephos, dppe, Dppe, nixantphos and isopropxantphos). All of the complexes are sky-blue emissive, but their photoluminescence quantum yields (ΦPL) are generally low. However, strong and long-lived blue luminescence (λem = 471 nm; ΦPL = 52%; τe = 13.5 μs) can be obtained by combining the reduced bite angle of the 1,2-bis-diphenylphosphinoethene (dppe) chelate with the bulky 2-(4,6-difluorophenyl)-4-mesitylpyridinato (dFmesppy) cyclometalating ligand. To the best of our knowledge this is the highest ΦPL and the longest τe reported for cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes bearing bisphosphine ligands. Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEECs) were fabricated using lead complexes from this study, however due in part to the irreversible electrochemistry, no functional LEEC was achieved. Organic light-emitting diodes were successfully fabricated but only attained maximum external quantum efficiencies of 0.25%.

Graphical abstract: Enhancing the photoluminescence quantum yields of blue-emitting cationic iridium(iii) complexes bearing bisphosphine ligands

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
12 Sep 2015
Accepted
28 Oct 2015
First published
30 Oct 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016,3, 218-235

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Enhancing the photoluminescence quantum yields of blue-emitting cationic iridium(III) complexes bearing bisphosphine ligands

D. Rota Martir, A. K. Bansal, V. Di Mascio, D. B. Cordes, A. F. Henwood, A. M. Z. Slawin, P. C. J. Kamer, L. Martínez-Sarti, A. Pertegás, H. J. Bolink, I. D. W. Samuel and E. Zysman-Colman, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 218 DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00177C

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