Precise Regulation of the Reverse Intersystem Crossing Pathway by Hybridized Long‐Short Axis Strategy for High‐Performance Multi‐Resonance TADF Emitters
Multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) molecules have experienced great success in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) owing to their outstanding quantum efficiencies and narrow full width at half-maximums (FWHMs). However, the reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) rates of MR-TADF emitters are usually small, which will lead to relatively long triplet exciton lifetime and severe efficiency roll-off. Here, we report an effective molecular design strategy to introduce multichannel RISC pathways and thus increase RISC rates without compromising the color fidelity and emission efficiency by the "hybridized long-short axis (HLSA)" strategy. The TPA-CN-BN shows a near-unity photoluminescence quantum yield, rapid RISC rate of 1.4×10<sup>5</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>, narrow FWHM of 23 nm, and small singlet-triplet energy gap (ΔE<sub>ST</sub>) of 0.06 eV in solution. The non-sensitized OLED based on TPA-CN-BN exhibits a narrowband emission with the FWHM of 31 nm, in company with external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 37.9 %. Notably, the device exhibits the low efficiency roll-off as the EQEs maintain 34.8 % and 21.8 % at 100 and 1000 cd m<sup>-2</sup>, respectively, representing the best performance for single-host OLEDs based on the BCzBN skeleton. This study provides a fresh and promising approach to realize high-performance OLEDs with high color purity and remarkable device efficiency.
Authors
- Zihan Su
- Ping Lü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-3488)
- Zhuang Cheng
- Futong Liu
- Yangze Xu
- Yin Hu
- Yan Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-5026)
- Wei Dong
- Liang Wan
Institutions
- Jilin University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202416154
- Citations
- 17
- Primary Topic
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.55
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Changchun Science and Technology Bureau