Bis-Tridentate Ir(III) Metal Phosphors for Efficient Deep-Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes.

Kuo, Hsin-Hung; Chen, Yi-Ting; Devereux, Leon R; Wu, Chung-Chih; Fox, Mark A; Kuei, Chu-Yun; Chi, Yun; Lee, Gene-Hsiang · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Emissive Ir(III) metal complexes possessing two tridentate chelates (bis-tridentate) are known to be more robust compared to those with three bidentate chelates (tris-bidentate). Here, the deep-blue-emitting, bis-tridentate Ir(III) metal phosphors bearing both the dicarbene pincer ancillary such as 2,6-diimidazolylidene benzene and the 6-pyrazolyl-2-phenoxylpyridine chromophoric chelate are synthesized. A deep-blue organic light-emitting diode from one phosphor exhibits Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE<sub>(</sub><sub>x</sub><sub>,</sub><sub>y</sub><sub>)</sub> ) coordinates of (0.15, 0.17) with maximum external quantum efficiency (max. EQE) of 20.7% and EQE = 14.6% at the practical brightness of 100 cd m<sup>-2</sup> .