Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor-Type Orange-Red Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials Realizing External Quantum Efficiency Over 30% with Low Efficiency Roll-Off.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Two new orange-red thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials, PzTDBA and PzDBA, are reported. These materials are designed based on the acceptor-donor-acceptor (A-D-A) configuration, containing rigid boron acceptors and dihydrophenazine donor moieties. These materials exhibit a small ΔE<sub>ST</sub> of 0.05-0.06 eV, photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) as high as near unity, and short delayed exciton lifetime (τ<sub>d</sub> ) of less than 2.63 µs in 5 wt% doped film. Further, these materials show a high reverse intersystem crossing rate (k<sub>risc</sub> ) on the order of 10<sup>6</sup> s<sup>-1</sup> . The TADF devices fabricated with 5 wt% PzTDBA and PzDBA as emitting dopants show maximum EQE of 30.3% and 21.8% with extremely low roll-off of 3.6% and 3.2% at 1000 cd m<sup>-2</sup> and electroluminescence (EL) maxima at 576 nm and 595 nm, respectively. The low roll-off character of these materials is analyzed by using a roll-off model and the exciton annihilation quenching rates are found to be suppressed by the fast k<sub>risc</sub> and short delayed exciton lifetime. These devices show operating device lifetimes (LT<sub>50</sub> ) of 159 and 193 h at 1000 cd m<sup>-2</sup> for PzTDBA and PzDBA, respectively. The high efficiency and low roll-off of these materials are attributed to the good electronic properties originatng from the A-D-A molecular configuration.