journal article·2025-08Open access

Simultaneous Emission Spectral Narrowing and Spin‐Flip Acceleration in Multi‐Resonance Organoboron Emitters via Sequential Indolo‐Fusion π‐Extension

Hyukgi Min, Takuma Yasuda

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 13· Issue 23

Abstract

Abstract Advanced cutting‐edge organic light‐emitting diode (OLED) technologies require narrowband electroluminescence (EL) with high quantum efficiency to growing performance demand. Here, sequential indolo‐fusion π‐extension as a rational design strategy to further narrow the emission bandwidth of multi‐resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR‐TADF) is introduced. By fusing one or two additional indole moieties to the periphery of Cz‐B, a typical MR‐TADF motif, gradual spectra narrowing, and accelerated triplet–singlet exciton spin conversion are concurrently achieved. Suppressing vibronic couplings induced by high‐frequency vibrational modes is vital for achieving extreme spectral narrowing. OLEDs based on a doubly indolo‐fused MR‐TADF emitter, IDCz‐B‐II, exhibited ultra‐narrowband sky‐blue EL with a full width at half maximum of 21 nm (0.11 eV), maximum external EL quantum efficiency of 25.9%, and reduced efficiency roll‐off, significantly outperforming the Cz‐B‐based device. The present indolo‐fusion strategy provides a simple yet promising approach for developing isomeric MR‐TADF materials with different fusing positions and orientations.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry

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Affiliations

Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Kyushu University 744 Motooka, Nishi‐ku Fukuoka 819‐0395 Japan

Institute for Advanced Study Kyushu University 744 Motooka, Nishi‐ku Fukuoka 819‐0395 Japan

Funding

Hoso Bunka Foundation · Japan Science and Technology Agency · Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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