Issue 16, 2022

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence of carbazole-benzophenone dendrimers with bulky substituents

Abstract

Carbazole dendrimers with a benzophenone core and bulky terminal substituents were synthesized, and their thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) properties were investigated. The adamantane (Ad) substituted dendrimer showed green TADF emission with a PLQY of 40% in the neat film. The tetraphenylphenyl (TPPh) substituted dendrimer showed blue emission with a PLQY of 11% in the neat film but did not show effective TADF. The dendrimer and dendron (fragment) phosphorescence measurement revealed that the TPPh substituted carbazole dendron has low triplet energy. This will reduce the TADF efficiency. Also a new deactivation path due to the large freedom in the rotation of TPPh substituents leads to non-radiative deactivation and quenches the TADF emission. Simple terminal modification can minimize the intermolecular interaction and tune the on–off of the TADF, which gives insights for designing efficient TADF materials.

Graphical abstract: Thermally activated delayed fluorescence of carbazole-benzophenone dendrimers with bulky substituents

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Feb 2022
Accepted
16 Mar 2022
First published
17 Mar 2022

Polym. Chem., 2022,13, 2277-2284

Author version available

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence of carbazole-benzophenone dendrimers with bulky substituents

K. Albrecht, E. Hisamura, M. Furukori, Y. Nakayama, T. Hosokai, K. Nakao, H. Ikebe and A. Nakayama, Polym. Chem., 2022, 13, 2277 DOI: 10.1039/D2PY00255H

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements