Enhancing Spin–Orbit Coupling in an Indolocarbazole Multiresonance Emitter by a Sulfur‐Containing Peripheral Substituent for a Fast Reverse Intersystem Crossing
A fast reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) remains an ongoing pursuit for multiresonance (MR) emitters but faces formidable challenges, particularly for indolocarbazole (ICz) derived ones. Here, heavy-atom effect is introduced first to construct ICz-MR emitter using a sulfur-containing substitute, simultaneously enhancing both spin-orbit and spin-vibronic coupling to afford a fast RISC with a rate of 1.2 × 10<sup>5</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>, nearly one order of magnitude higher than previous maximum values. The emitter also exhibits an extremely narrow deep-blue emission peaking at 456 nm with full-width at half-maxima of merely 12 nm and a photoluminescence quantum yield of 92%. Benefiting from its efficient triplet upconversion capability, this emitter achieves not only a high maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 31.1% in organic light-emitting diodes but also greatly alleviates efficiency roll-off, affording record-high EQEs of 29.9% at 1000 cd m<sup>-2</sup> and 18.7% at 5000 cd m<sup>-2</sup> among devices with ICz-MR emitters.
Authors
- Tianjiao Fan
- Lian Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-0972)
- Dongdong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7611-3114)
- Hai Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7704-1589)
- Xuewen Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-0306)
- Qiwei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5344-3985)
Institutions
- Ji Hua Laboratory (CN)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408816
- Citations
- 41
- Primary Topic
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.56
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province