2023/06/13 by Feng Huang, Xiao‐Chun Fan, Ying‐Chun Cheng +6 · 3 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · #Atomic physics #Carbazole #Chemistry #Common emitter #Fluorescence #Full width at half maximum #Heteroatom #Intersystem crossing #Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials #Materials science #Nanotechnology #OLED #Optics #Optoelectronics #Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics #Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research #Photochemistry #Photoluminescence #Physics #Quantum efficiency #Quantum yield #Singlet state
paper · doi:10.1002/ange.202306413
published in Angewandte Chemie 135(32) (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2023/06/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract Building blocks and heteroatom alignments are two determining factors in designing multiple resonance (MR)‐type thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters. Carbazole‐fused MR emitters, represented by CzBN derivatives, and the heteroatom alignments of ν ‐DABNA are two star series of MR‐TADF emitters that show impressive performances from the aspects of building blocks and heteroatom alignments, respectively. Herein, a novel CzBN analog, Π‐CzBN, featuring ν ‐DABNA heteroatom alignment is developed via facile one‐shot lithium‐free borylation. Π‐CzBN exhibits superior photophysical properties with a photoluminescence quantum yield close to 100 % and narrowband sky blue emission with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 16 nm/85 meV. It also gives efficient TADF properties with a small singlet‐triplet energy offset of 40 meV and a fast reverse intersystem crossing rate of 2.9×10 5 s −1 . The optimized OLED using Π‐CzBN as the emitter achieves an exceptional external quantum efficiency of 39.3 % with a low efficiency roll‐off of 20 % at 1000 cd m −2 and a narrowband emission at 495 nm with FWHM of 21 nm/106 meV, making it one of the best reported devices based on MR emitters with comprehensive performance.