Star-shaped cross-linkable hole transport materials with high triplet energy and deep HOMO energy enable efficient solution-processed deep-blue TADF OLEDs
IF 7.4 2区 材料科学Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Jiaxu Bai
(, ), Jingyuan Feng
(, ), Chuanxin Liao
(, ), Tianhao Wang
(, ), Shirong Wang
(, ), Hongli Liu
(, ), Xianggao Li
(, )
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Abstract
Cross-linkable hole transport materials (x-HTMs) play a crucial role in solving the issue of interlayer mixing of solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, issues such as energy level mismatch and low hole mobility hinder the application of x-HTMs in deep-blue OLEDs. In particular, thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters require HTMs with high triplet energies (ET) to ensure high exciton utilization efficiency. Here, two star-shaped cross-linkable HTMs 5-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-N1,N3-di(p-tolyl)-N1,N3-bis(4-vinylphenyl)benzene-1,3-diamine (m-V-CzDPA) and N1,N1-diphenyl-N3,N5-di(p-tolyl)-N3,N5-bis(4-vinylphenyl) benzene-1,3,5-triamine (m-V-DPADPA) were designed and synthesized. Owing to their aromatic torsion structures, m-V-CzDPA and m-V-DPADPA possessed high ETs of 2.89 and 2.87 eV, respectively, which can effectively confine triplet excitons in the emitting layer (EML). The carrier diffusion coefficients of their x-HTMs, x-m-CzDPA and x-m-DPADPA, which were obtained via carrier diffusion imaging characterization were 0.54 and 0.44 cm2 s−1, respectively, thus indicating outstanding intrinsic hole transport capacity, with hole mobilities of 4.30×10−4 and 1.39×10−4 cm2 V−1 s−1, respectively. Solution-processed deep-blue TADF-OLEDs employing x-m-CzDPA as the HTM achieved a maximum current efficiency/maximum external quantum efficiency of 5.25 cd A−1/18.06%, with CIE coordinates of (0.162, 0.042). This is the first time that x-HTMs have served as efficient deep-blue TADF-OLEDs via a solution process, which also meets the latest BT. 2020 standard (CIEy ⩽ 0.046).
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Science China Materials (SCM) is a globally peer-reviewed journal that covers all facets of materials science. It is supervised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The journal is jointly published monthly in both printed and electronic forms by Science China Press and Springer. The aim of SCM is to encourage communication of high-quality, innovative research results at the cutting-edge interface of materials science with chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering. It focuses on breakthroughs from around the world and aims to become a world-leading academic journal for materials science.