journal article·2026-05

Rationally Designed Multi‐Resonance Emitters Achieving >42% EQE in Ultra‐Green OLEDs

Guo‐Wei Chen, Xin‐Yi Zeng, Yaozu Su, Jun‐Yu Liu, Wen‐Cheng Chen, Yanping Huo, Yan‐Qing Li, Jian‐Xin Tang

Advanced Materials· Volume 38· Issue 28
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Achieving ultra‐high‐definition green emitters that meet the ultrahigh definition display standard remains a major challenge in organic electronics. A key limitation arises from the difficulty of reconciling narrow emission with efficient exciton harvesting and high light‐outcoupling efficiency. Here, we introduce a molecular design strategy that employs a fluorene bridge to rigidly lock the bay region of a BNCz‐based emitter, while a planar electron‐rich N ‐phenyl‐carbazol‐3‐yl group enforces near‐parallel alignment with the emissive plane. This architecture stabilizes the rigid core, promotes horizontal dipole orientation, and triggers through‐space charge transfer to generate high‐lying excited states, accelerating reverse intersystem crossing and enhancing exciton utilization. Steric shielding suppresses aggregation and quenching, maintaining a high photoluminescence quantum yield. The resulting emitter delivers ultragreen emission with Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage coordinates approaching the BT.2020 standard and a maximum external quantum efficiency of 39.6%. When combined with a thermally activated delayed fluorescence sensitizer, the device achieves a record 42.2% external quantum efficiency with suppressed roll‐off (25.5% at 1000 cd m −2 ). This work establishes a design principle for simultaneously optimizing emission color, exciton harvesting, and light outcoupling in high‐resolution organic light‐emitting diodes.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

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Affiliations

School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou P. R. China

Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (MIMSE) Faculty of Innovation Engineering Macau University of Science and Technology Taipa Macao SAR P. R. China

School of Physics and Electronic Science East China Normal University Shanghai P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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