Increasing Aromaticity in Selenium‐Embedded Hetero Ring Enables Stable Narrowband Multi‐Resonance TADF Emitter for Long‐Lifetime Pure‐Green OLEDs
The development of high-performance organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that simultaneously achieve narrowband emission, superior efficiency, and extended operational stability remains a significant challenge for thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) materials. Herein, a novel molecular architecture is reported that strategically integrates selenium (Se) into a rigid pentagonal aromatic sextet (dibenzoselenophene, DBSe) within a multi-resonance (MR) framework, addressing the intrinsic limitations of hexagonal Se-MR systems. The developed molecule DBSe-BN exhibits a rapid reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) rate in the order of 10<sup>6</sup> s<sup>-1</sup> and narrow emission bandwidth of 21 nm, providing persuasive guarantee for high-performance pure-green emission. Notably, the DBSe-BN-based OLEDs demonstrate exceptional performance, including a high maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE<sub>max</sub>) of 38.8%, suppressed efficiency roll-off (EQE<sub>1000</sub> = 33.7%), and pure-green emission, characterized by Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.18, 0.73). The devices exhibit remarkable operational stability, with greatly prolonged lifetime (LT<sub>50</sub>) of 1341 h based on binary-emitting system and 5310 h based on the ternary device, at an initial luminance of 1000 cd m<sup>-2</sup>. This work presents a feasible strategy for gathering high-performance MR-TADF emitters, achieving a multi-dimensional balanced OLED with enhanced FWHM, CIE, EQE, roll-off and lifetime promoted by Se-embedded aromatic sextet.
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)
- Jiahui Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5726-159X)
- Junjie Dong
Institutions
- Shenzhen University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202513987
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.30