Harmonization of rapid triplet up-conversion and singlet radiation enables efficient and stable white OLEDs
White organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) hold significant promise in illumination and displays, but achieving high efficiency while maintaining stability is an ongoing challenge. Here, we strategically combine a blue donor-acceptor thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter featuring rapid reverse intersystem crossing rate and a yellow multi-resonance TADF emitter renowned for the fast radiative transition process to achieve warm WOLEDs with exceptional power efficiency exceeding 190 lm W<sup>-1</sup> and external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 39%, setting records for WOLEDs. Meanwhile, these devices also exhibit an extended operational lifetime (LT<sub>80</sub>) of 446 h at an initial luminance of 1000 cd m<sup>-2</sup>. Another group of blue and yellow emitters based on our strategy achieves a standard white emission and a high EQE of 35.6%, confirming the universality of our strategy. This work presents a versatile strategy to harmonize singlet exciton radiation and triplet exciton up-conversion, thus achieving a win-win situation of efficiency and stability.
Authors
- Zhongyan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7553-6964)
- Wei Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3609-9312)
- Manli Huang
- Shaolong Gong
- siyuan he (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-7771)
- Jingsheng Miao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0268-0427)
- Yang Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9291-0586)
- Chuluo Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9337-3460)
- Zhanxiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-0460)
- Yao Tan
Institutions
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- Shenzhen Technology University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52401-7
- Citations
- 26
- Primary Topic
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.43
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Shenzhen University