This work reports a new strategy of introducing remote steric effect onto the electron donor for giving the better performance of the exciplex-based organic light-emitting device (OLED). The bulky triphenylsilyl group (SiPh) was introduced onto the fluorene bridge of 4,4'-(9H-fluorene-9,9-diyl)bis(N,N-di-p-tolylaniline) (DTAF) to create remote steric interactions for increasing the possibility of effective contacts between electron-donating chromophores and acceptor molecules, rendering the resulting exciplex to have a higher photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). The green exciplex device based on DSDTAF:3N-T2T (1:1) as an emitting layer exhibits a low turn-on voltage of 2.0 V, high maximum efficiencies (13.2%, 42.9 cd A, 45.5 lm W), which are higher than the device employed DTAF (without SiPh groups) (11.6%, 35.3 cd A, 41.3 lm W) as donor under the same device structure. This strategy was further examined for blue exciplex, where the EQE was enhanced from 9.5% to 12.5% as the electron acceptor PO-T2T mixed with a tert-butyl group substituted carbazole-based donor (CPTBF) as the emitting exciplex in device. This strategy is simple and useful for developing high performance exciplex OLEDs.
Three D-A-D-configured
molecules DTPBT, DTPNT, and DTPNBT with high quantum yield of orange red (628
nm), red (659 nm), and deep-red/NIR (710 nm) fluorescence, respectively,
were developed as emitting dopants in an exciplex-forming cohost (TCTA:3P-T2T)
for high-efficiency fluorescence-based organic light-emitting diodes
(OLEDs). The obtained physical properties together with theoretical
calculations analyzed from these new molecules establish a clear structure–property
relationship, in which the feature of central acceptor 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole
(BT), naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c′]bis[1,2,5]thiadiazole (NT), and
2,1,3-naphthothiadiazole (NBT) plays the crucial role for governing
the physical characteristics. The optimized device configured as ITO/HAT-CN/TAPC/TCTA/TCTA:3P-T2T:5%
emitter/3P-T2T/LiF/Al gave a record-high efficiency of orange red
(591 nm, 15%), red (647 nm, 10%), and deep-red/NIR (689 nm, 9%) electroluminescent
devices. The effective harvest of triplet excitons with an exciplex-forming
system in conjunction with efficient energy transfer between the exciplex
and the dopant is beneficial for such high device efficiencies. More
importantly, the stable exciplex-forming cohost and fast radiative
decay rate of DTPNT render this particular device exhibiting
high device stability as indicated by the low efficiency roll-off
under high current densities (EQE (external quantum efficiency) values
of 8.1% at 1000 cd m–2 and 6.8% at 10,000 cd m–2). These results reveal the potential of employing
an exciplex-forming system as cohost for fluorescent dopants to furnish
high-efficiency OLEDs with an emission wavelength extending to the
red or even the NIR range.
We report a series of molecules that spontaneously self-organize into small electroluminescent domains of sub-micrometer dimensions when dissolved in tetrahydrofuran. The self-assembled spherical aggregates have an average diameter of 300 nm and exhibit efficient energy transfer from the blue to the green or red component. The aggregates can be chromatically addressed or patterned by selective bleaching of the energy-acceptor component using a laser source. This allows the fabrication of electroluminescence devices by directly photopatterning the active layer without the need of additional steps. Submicron features (700 nm) can be achieved using a collimated light source.
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