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Triggering Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence by Managing the Heteroatom in Donor Scaffolds: Intriguing Photophysical and Electroluminescence Properties

Triggering Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence by Managing the Heteroatom in Donor... Establishment of the structure–property relationships of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials has become a significant quest for the scientific community. Herein, two new donors, 10H‐benzofuro[3,2‐b]indole (BFI) and 10H‐benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2‐b]indole (BTI), have been developed and integrated with a aryltriazine acceptor to design the green TADF emitters benzofuro[3,2‐b]indol‐10‐yl)‐5‐(4,6‐diphenyl‐1,3,5‐triazin‐2‐yl)benzonitrile (BFICNTrz) and 2‐(10H‐benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2‐b]indol‐10‐yl)‐5‐(4,6‐diphenyl‐1,3,5‐triazin‐2‐yl)benzonitrile (BTICNTrz), respectively. The physicochemical and electroluminescence properties of the compounds were tuned by exchanging the heteroatom in the donor scaffold. Intriguingly, the electronegativity of the heteroatom and the ionization potential of the donor unit played vital roles in control of the singlet–triplet energy splitting and TADF mechanism of the compounds. Both compounds showed similar singlet excited states that originated from the charge transfer (CT) states (1CT), whereas the triplet excited states were tuned by the heteroatom in the donor unit. The origin of phosphorescence in the BTICNTrz emitter was CT emission from the triplet state (3CT), whereas that in the BFICNTrz emitter stemmed from the local triplet excited state (3LE). Consequently, BTICNTrz showed a small singlet–triplet energy splitting of 0.08 eV, compared with 0.26 eV for BFICNTrz. Thus, BTICNTrz showed efficient delayed fluorescence with a high quantum yield and a short delayed exciton lifetime, whereas BFICNTrz displayed weak delayed fluorescence with a relatively long lifetime. Furthermore, a BTICNTrz‐based device exhibited a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 15.2 % and reduced efficiency roll‐off (12 %) compared with its BFICNTrz‐based counterpart, which showed a maximum EQE of 6.4 % and severe efficiency roll‐off (55 %) at a practical brightness range of 1000 cd m−2. These results demonstrate that the choice of subunit plays a vital role in the design of efficient TADF emitters. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Chemistry - An Asian Journal Wiley

Triggering Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence by Managing the Heteroatom in Donor Scaffolds: Intriguing Photophysical and Electroluminescence Properties

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© 2019 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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1861-4728
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1861-471X
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10.1002/asia.201900388
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Abstract

Establishment of the structure–property relationships of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials has become a significant quest for the scientific community. Herein, two new donors, 10H‐benzofuro[3,2‐b]indole (BFI) and 10H‐benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2‐b]indole (BTI), have been developed and integrated with a aryltriazine acceptor to design the green TADF emitters benzofuro[3,2‐b]indol‐10‐yl)‐5‐(4,6‐diphenyl‐1,3,5‐triazin‐2‐yl)benzonitrile (BFICNTrz) and 2‐(10H‐benzo[4,5]thieno[3,2‐b]indol‐10‐yl)‐5‐(4,6‐diphenyl‐1,3,5‐triazin‐2‐yl)benzonitrile (BTICNTrz), respectively. The physicochemical and electroluminescence properties of the compounds were tuned by exchanging the heteroatom in the donor scaffold. Intriguingly, the electronegativity of the heteroatom and the ionization potential of the donor unit played vital roles in control of the singlet–triplet energy splitting and TADF mechanism of the compounds. Both compounds showed similar singlet excited states that originated from the charge transfer (CT) states (1CT), whereas the triplet excited states were tuned by the heteroatom in the donor unit. The origin of phosphorescence in the BTICNTrz emitter was CT emission from the triplet state (3CT), whereas that in the BFICNTrz emitter stemmed from the local triplet excited state (3LE). Consequently, BTICNTrz showed a small singlet–triplet energy splitting of 0.08 eV, compared with 0.26 eV for BFICNTrz. Thus, BTICNTrz showed efficient delayed fluorescence with a high quantum yield and a short delayed exciton lifetime, whereas BFICNTrz displayed weak delayed fluorescence with a relatively long lifetime. Furthermore, a BTICNTrz‐based device exhibited a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 15.2 % and reduced efficiency roll‐off (12 %) compared with its BFICNTrz‐based counterpart, which showed a maximum EQE of 6.4 % and severe efficiency roll‐off (55 %) at a practical brightness range of 1000 cd m−2. These results demonstrate that the choice of subunit plays a vital role in the design of efficient TADF emitters.

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Chemistry - An Asian JournalWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2019

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