journal article·2025-08

High‐Performance Red OLEDs Enabled by an Organoboron‐Nitrogen‐Carbonyl‐Hybridized Multiresonant Emitter

Ying‐Chun Cheng, Rajat Walia, Tong‐Yuan Zhang, Hui Wang, Xin Xiong, Jia Yu, Xiao‐Chun Fan, Xian‐Kai Chen, Kai Wang, Xiao‐Hong Zhang

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 13· Issue 23
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Abstract

Abstract Organoboron‐nitrogen‐carbonyl‐hybridized (h‐BNCO) frameworks are emerging templates for developing high‐performance multiresonant (MR) emitters, but their potentials have not been fully explored. In this study, a novel red MR emitter, namely, h‐BNCO‐3, is developed by decorating two diphenylamine moieties onto a h‐BNCO MR skeleton (h‐BNCO‐2). Compared with the green backbone, h‐BNCO‐3 achieves a substantial emission redshift of 76 nm while retaining a narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 45 nm (0.16 eV) in toluene. Moreover, the common advantages of integrating a carbonyl group in B/N‐based systems, e.g., significant nπ* contribution in the triplet manifolds, are obvious in h‐BNCO‐3. Thus, h‐BNCO‐3 obtained a fast reverse intersystem crossing rate (kRISC) of over 105 s−1. The optimized non‐sensitized organic light‐emitting diode (OLED) based on h‐BNCO‐3 achieved red emission with an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 26.4%. Moreover, by further employing a phosphor as a sensitizer, the h‐BNCO‐3‐based OLED can reach an impressive EQE of 38.0%, which is among the best results of red MR‐OLEDs. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of integrating carbonyl into organoboron‐nitrogen‐based frameworks with peripheral decorations for enhancing kRISC, offering new insights for developing high‐performance MR emitters based on h‐BNCO systems.
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OpenAlex topics: Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Conducting polymers and applications

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Affiliations

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China

Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu 215123 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Nano and Soft Materials · Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology · Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project · China Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Science and Technology Program of Suzhou · National Key Research and Development Program of China

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