New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs
In this work, two tailor-made luminogens comprising of electron donors (acridine and phenoxazine) and acceptor (triazine) bridged by the through-space conjugated hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) are synthesized and characterized. Their thermal stability, electrochemical behaviors, crystal, and electronic str...
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doaj-31e8994fdede4d68aa2cd5b0f19f69b42020-11-25T00:10:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemistry2296-26462019-04-01710.3389/fchem.2019.00199449105New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDsPanpan Zhang0Jiajie Zeng1Jingjing Guo2Shijie Zhen3Biao Xiao4Zhiming Wang5Zujin Zhao6Ben Zhong Tang7Ben Zhong Tang8State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jianghan University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Center for Aggregation-Induced Emission, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, ChinaIn this work, two tailor-made luminogens comprising of electron donors (acridine and phenoxazine) and acceptor (triazine) bridged by the through-space conjugated hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) are synthesized and characterized. Their thermal stability, electrochemical behaviors, crystal, and electronic structures, and photophysical properties are systematically investigated. The crystal and electronic structures reveal that the peripheral phenyls in HPB are closely aligned in a propeller-like fashion, rendering efficient through-space charge transfer between donor and electron moieties. These molecules display weak fluorescence with negligible delayed component in solutions but strong fluorescence with greatly increased delayed component upon aggregate formation, namely aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence (AIDF). Their neat films exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY), and prominent delayed fluorescence. The non-doped organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on these new luminogens exhibit excellent performance with maximum external quantum efficiency of 12.7% and very small efficiency roll-off of 2.7% at 1,000 cd m−2. Designing AIDF molecules with through-space charge transfer could be a promising strategy to explore robust luminescent materials for efficient non-doped OLEDs.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2019.00199/fullaggregation-induced delayed fluorescencethermally activated delayed fluorescencethrough-space charge transferorganic light-emitting diodeshexaphenylbenzene |
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Panpan Zhang Jiajie Zeng Jingjing Guo Shijie Zhen Biao Xiao Zhiming Wang Zujin Zhao Ben Zhong Tang Ben Zhong Tang New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs Frontiers in Chemistry aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence thermally activated delayed fluorescence through-space charge transfer organic light-emitting diodes hexaphenylbenzene |
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Panpan Zhang Jiajie Zeng Jingjing Guo Shijie Zhen Biao Xiao Zhiming Wang Zujin Zhao Ben Zhong Tang Ben Zhong Tang |
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New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs |
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New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs |
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New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs |
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New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs |
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New Aggregation-Induced Delayed Fluorescence Luminogens With Through-Space Charge Transfer for Efficient Non-doped OLEDs |
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new aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence luminogens with through-space charge transfer for efficient non-doped oleds |
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In this work, two tailor-made luminogens comprising of electron donors (acridine and phenoxazine) and acceptor (triazine) bridged by the through-space conjugated hexaphenylbenzene (HPB) are synthesized and characterized. Their thermal stability, electrochemical behaviors, crystal, and electronic structures, and photophysical properties are systematically investigated. The crystal and electronic structures reveal that the peripheral phenyls in HPB are closely aligned in a propeller-like fashion, rendering efficient through-space charge transfer between donor and electron moieties. These molecules display weak fluorescence with negligible delayed component in solutions but strong fluorescence with greatly increased delayed component upon aggregate formation, namely aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence (AIDF). Their neat films exhibit high photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQY), and prominent delayed fluorescence. The non-doped organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on these new luminogens exhibit excellent performance with maximum external quantum efficiency of 12.7% and very small efficiency roll-off of 2.7% at 1,000 cd m−2. Designing AIDF molecules with through-space charge transfer could be a promising strategy to explore robust luminescent materials for efficient non-doped OLEDs. |
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aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence thermally activated delayed fluorescence through-space charge transfer organic light-emitting diodes hexaphenylbenzene |
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