Ultra-Deep-Blue Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Emitters: Achieving Nearly 16% EQE in Solution-Processed Nondoped and Doped OLEDs with CIEy < 0.1

Hyung Jong Kim; Hyunchul Kang; Ji Eun Jeong; Su Hong Park; Chang Woo Koh; Chai Won Kim; Han Young Woo; Min Ju Cho; Sungnam Park; Dong Hoon Choi

doi:10.1002/adfm.202102588

Ultra-Deep-Blue Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Emitters: Achieving Nearly 16% EQE in Solution-Processed Nondoped and Doped OLEDs with CIE_y < 0.1

Hyung Jong Kim, Hyunchul Kang, Ji Eun Jeong, Su Hong Park, Chang Woo Koh, Chai Won Kim, Han Young Woo, Min Ju Cho, Sungnam Park, Dong Hoon Choi

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Abstract

Ultra-deep-blue aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence (AIDF) emitters (TB-tCz and TB-tPCz) bearing organoboron-based cores as acceptors and 3,6-substituted carbazoles as donors are presented. The thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) properties of the two emitters are confirmed by theoretical calculations and time-resolved photoluminescence experiments. TB-tCz and TB-tPCz exhibit fast reverse intersystem crossing rate constants owing to efficient spin–orbit coupling between the singlet and triplet states. When applied in solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), the TB-tCz- and TB-tPCz-based nondoped devices exhibit ultra-deep-blue emissions of 416–428 nm and high color purity owing to their narrow bandwidths of 42.2–44.4 nm, corresponding to the Commission International de l´Eclairage color coordinates of (x = 0.16–0.17, y = 0.05–0.06). They show a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE_max) of 8.21% and 15.8%, respectively, exhibiting an unprecedented high performance in solution-processed deep-blue TADF-OLEDs. Furthermore, both emitters exhibit excellent device performances (EQE_max = 14.1–15.9%) and color purity in solution-processed doped OLEDs. The current study provides an AIDF emitter design strategy to implement high-efficiency deep-blue OLEDs in the future.

Original language	English
Article number	2102588
Journal	Advanced Functional Materials
Volume	31
Issue number	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202102588
Publication status	Published - 2021 Aug 16

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Funding Information:
H.J.K. and H.K. contributed equally to this work. The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (Nos. NRF2019R1A2C2002647 and NRF2019R1A6A1A11044070), Korea University Grant, and LG Display Co. Limited (Q1927051, 2020). The authors are grateful to Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) for allowing the use of MALDI‐TOF MS instrument and Institute for Basic Science (IBS, Korea) for allowing to obtain nuclear magnetic resonance data (NMR; Ascend 500, Bruker).

Funding Information:
H.J.K. and H.K. contributed equally to this work. The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea (Nos. NRF2019R1A2C2002647 and NRF2019R1A6A1A11044070), Korea University Grant, and LG Display Co. Limited (Q1927051, 2020). The authors are grateful to Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) for allowing the use of MALDI-TOF MS instrument and Institute for Basic Science (IBS, Korea) for allowing to obtain nuclear magnetic resonance data (NMR; Ascend 500, Bruker).

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© 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.

Keywords

aggregation-induced emission
nondoped organic light emitting diodes
solution processes
thermally activated delayed fluorescence
ultra-deep-blue emitters

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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Kim, H. J., Kang, H., Jeong, J. E., Park, S. H., Koh, C. W., Kim, C. W., Woo, H. Y., Cho, M. J., Park, S., & Choi, D. H. (2021). Ultra-Deep-Blue Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Emitters: Achieving Nearly 16% EQE in Solution-Processed Nondoped and Doped OLEDs with CIE_y < 0.1. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(33), Article 2102588. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202102588

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