Excited-state Engineering Enables Efficient Deep-blue Light-emitting Diodes Exhibiting BT.2020 Color Gamut

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Organic luminescent materials that exhibit thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) can convert non-emissive triplet excitons into emissive singlet states through a reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) process. Therefore, they have tremendous potential for applications in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, with the development of ultra-high definition 4K/8K display technologies, designing efficient deep-blue TADF materials to achieve the Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage (CIE) coordinates fulfilling BT.2020 remains a significant challenge. Here, we propose an effective approach to design deep-blue TADF molecules based on hybrid long- and short-range charge-transfer by incorporation of multiple donor moieties into organoboron multiple resonance acceptors. The resulting TADF molecule exhibits deep-blue emission at 414 nm with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 29 nm, together with a thousand-fold increase in RISC rate. OLEDs based on our champion material achieved a record maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 22.8% with CIE coordinates of (0.163, 0.046), approaching the coordinates of the BT.2020 blue standard. Moreover, TADF-assisted fluorescence devices employing our designed material as a sensitizer exhibited an exceptional EQE of 33.1%. Our work thus provides a blueprint for future development of efficient deep-blue TADF emitters, representing an important milestone towards meeting the blue color gamut standard of BT.2020. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) - (2024) vom: 10. Apr., Seite e2313602

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Englisch

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An, Rui-Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yuqi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hao-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Privitera, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Myers, William K [VerfasserIn]
Ronson, Tanya K [VerfasserIn]
Gillett, Alexander J [VerfasserIn]
Greenham, Neil C [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Lin-Song [VerfasserIn]

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Bt.2020
Deep‐blue emission
Hybrid long‐ / short‐range charge‐transfer
Journal Article
Organic light‐emitting diodes
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence

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Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/adma.202313602

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NLM370881710