journal article·2026-06

Rational Rigid‐Core Design Realizes Efficient and Color‐Pure Sky‐Blue MR‐TADF Emission in Boron‐Nitrogen Functionalized Dibenzo‐Xanthene

Thamodharan Viswanathan, Sabyasachi Maity, Upasana Deori, Nikhitha R., Nandish SH, Sandhayarani Pal, Nisha Yadav, Anirban Mondal, Pachaiyappan Rajamalli

Small· Volume 22· Issue 35
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Abstract

ABSTRACT In this work, we report the strategic incorporation of a rigid 14H‐dibenzo[a,j]xanthene ( DBX ) core into the BCz‐BN framework, leading to the development of a novel DBX‐BCz‐BN multi‐resonance (MR) thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitter. This structural modification preserves the sky‐blue emission color while substantially narrowing the emission profile, reducing the full width at half maximum (FWHM) to 17 nm. In addition, the singlet–triplet energy gap (Δ E ST ) is lowered from 0.17 eV for BCz‐BN to 0.06 eV, thereby promoting more efficient reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) and improved exciton harvesting. As a result, the corresponding OLED device based on DBX‐BCz‐BN exhibits an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 22.2%, while maintaining the same emission color. These results demonstrate that rigid‐core engineering via DBX incorporation is an effective strategy for achieving narrowband, efficient, and color‐pure sky‐blue TADF emitters.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

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Affiliations

Materials Research Centre Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru Karnataka India

Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Gandhinagar Gujarat India

Funding

University Grants Commission · Indian Institute of Science · Indian Council of Medical Research · Ministry of Education, India

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