Regioisomerization‐Directed MR‐TADF Emitters: Enhanced RISC and Suppressed Aggregation Toward High‐Performance Narrowband Blue OLEDs
The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) performance of multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) emitters is fundamentally constrained by their slow reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) and pronounced aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ). Herein, through regioselective borylation, we design and synthesize a series of blue MR-TADF emitters. The regioisomerization-directed twist configuration synergistically enhances RISC while suppressing ACQ, without compromising spectral purity. The emitter with twist configuration exhibits a remarkably fast RISC rate constant (k<sub>RISC</sub>) of 7.1 × 10<sup>5</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>, narrowband blue emission with a small full-width at half maxima (FWHM) of 23 nm, and a high photoluminescence quantum yield of 94%. The corresponding OLEDs deliver high-performance narrowband blue emission, with a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE<sub>max</sub>) of 32.4%, and alleviated efficiency roll-off at high luminance (EQE<sub>1000</sub> = 22.2%). Notably, excellent performance is retained even at elevated doping levels (EQE<sub>max</sub> = 29.4% at 20 wt%). This work provides a design paradigm for advancing blue MR-TADF emitters toward practical display technologies.
Authors
- Zhongyan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7553-6964)
- Jingsheng Miao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0268-0427)
- Chuluo Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9337-3460)
- Zhanxiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-0460)
- Ruijie Ming
- Zhenghao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7866-1106)
- Yulin Xu
- Zhuixing Xue
Institutions
- Shenzhen University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516696
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.92
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Program
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province