journal article·2020-04-08

Management of Delayed Fluorophor-Sensitized Exciton Harvesting for Stable and Efficient All-Fluorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Feng-Ming Xie, Shi-Jie Zou, Yanqing Li, Lin-Yang Lu, Rui Yang, Xin-Yi Zeng, Guang-Hui Zhang, Jingde Chen, Jian-Xin Tang

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 12· Issue 14
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Abstract

White organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) using thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)-based single emissive layer (SEL) have attracted enormous attention because of their simple device structure and full exciton utilization potential for high efficiency. However, WOLEDs made of an all-TADF SEL usually exhibit serious efficiency roll-off and poor color stability due to serious exciton-annihilation and unbalanced radiative decays of different TADF emitters. Herein, a new strategy is proposed to manipulate the TADF-sensitized fluorescence process by combining dual-host systems of high triplet energy with a conventional fluorescent emitter of complementary color. The multiple energy-funneling paths are modulated and short-range Dexter energy transfer is largely suppressed due to the steric effect of peripheral tert-butyl group in the blue TADF sensitizer. The resulting all-fluorescent WOLEDs achieve an unprecedentedly high external quantum efficiency of 21.8% with balanced white emission of Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage coordinate of (0.292, 0.343), accompanied with good color stability, reduced efficiency roll-off, and prolonged operational lifetime. These findings demonstrate the validity of this strategy for precisely allocating the exciton harvesting in SEL WOLEDs.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Perovskite Materials and Applications

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Affiliations

Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China

School of Physics and Electronics Science, Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument Engineering Research Center, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

Institute of Organic Optoelectronics (IOO), JITRI, Wujiang, Suzhou 215215, China

Funding

Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology · Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China · National Natural Science Foundation of China · 333 program

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