铂配合物磷光材料在OLED中的应用研究进展

有机发光二极管（OLED）开发和商业化的一项关键突破是将磷光材料用作发光材料,与荧光材料相比,磷光材料的内部量子效率提高了3倍。在所有磷光材料中,方形平面铂（Ⅱ）配合物由于高的结构刚性而表现出磷光量子产率高、磷光寿命短以及化学和热稳定性高等优点,这对于实现具有长使用寿命的OLED至关重要。另一方面,铂（Ⅱ）配合物由于其平面配位几何形状,可以轻松构建二齿、三齿或四齿配体,从而可显著调控铂（Ⅱ）配合物的光物理性质。除此之外,含多个Pt中心可以进一步增强分子的自旋轨道耦合作用从而增强其磷光发射。基于以上考虑,该文对含二齿、三齿和四齿配体的单核及多核铂（Ⅱ）配合物在OLED发光材料中的应用进行了总结,并讨论了配体结构对器件性能的影响。最后,对铂（Ⅱ）配合物材料的研究难点进行了分析,对其未来的发展趋势进行了展望。     

小分子铱配合物及其电致发光

由于磷光金属配合物可以同时利用单线态和三线态激子发光,使有机电致发光器件的理论内量子效率达到100%,突破了25%的极限。因而以磷光金属配合物为发光材料制成的器件备受关注。在这些金属配合物中,铱配合物由于具有较强的发光特性、发光波长可调性、较好的热稳定性和电化学稳定性以及能够形成便于蒸镀的中性分子,而成为最有应用潜力的电致磷光材料。本文综述了近几年铱配合物磷光材料在分子设计与合成方法、发光机理及器件构筑等方面的研究进展。特别介绍与讨论了磷光铱配合物的两种发光机理,即基于同配体铱配合物或异配体铱配合物的主配体到中心金属离子的电荷转移三线态(³MLCT)发射和基于异配体铱配合物的辅助配体三线态(³LC)发射。根据反应条件的差异,归纳总结了合成铱配合物常用的4种方法以及合成fac式和mer式的铱配合物的方法。还根据材料的发光颜色及其电致发光的不同,对磷光铱配合物材料进行了分类与讨论。此外,简要介绍了用于器件制作的主体材料。最后,展望了金属有机配合物电致磷光材料的发展前景,并提出了今后磷光材料的发展方向。     

窄光谱磷光配合物的设计及电致发光性能

通过对螯合配体及辅助配体的设计与筛选, 构筑了一种全新的天蓝光铱金属配合物(MeFPyPy)₂Ir(dipcMePy)(简称MFPMP), 实现了三重态配体中心、 三重态金属-配体电荷转移和/或三重态配体-配体电荷转移跃迁类型混合比例较优化的发光过程. 以MFPMP作为发光体的磷光有机电致发光器件实现了半峰宽为52 nm, 最大发光波长为476 nm的窄光谱、 单峰型、 高亮度、 高效率天蓝光发射, 并在1000 cd/m²的实用亮度下保持了25%以上的外量子效率(EQE), 与目前报道的最高水平有机电致发光器件性能相当. 本工作为进一步开发色纯度更高、 更具有实用性的磷光配合物发光材料提供了一条可行的途径.     

聚合物磷光材料的研究进展北大核心CSCD

金属配合物磷光材料因为其能同时利用单线态激子和三线态激子,引起了人们广泛关注。聚合物磷光材料(polymer phosphorescent materials,PPMs)同时具备小分子金属配合物的良好发光特性和高分子的优异物理性能,如容易挠曲、可溶液加工和良好的成膜性。本文综述了近年来聚合物磷光材料的研究进展,总结了聚合物磷光材料的合成方法及其在有机电致发光器件(OLED)方面的应用。最后从电磷光发光聚合物的分子结构设计出发,在电磷光发光聚合物领域业已取得进展的基础上,分析了电磷光发光聚合物在电致发光领域应用中存在的一些问题,并展望了电磷光聚合物今后的发展方向。     

聚合物磷光材料的研究进展

金属配合物磷光材料因为其能同时利用单线态激子和三线态激子,引起了人们广泛关注。聚合物磷光材料(polymer phosphorescent materials,PPMs)同时具备小分子金属配合物的良好发光特性和高分子的优异物理性能,如容易挠曲、可溶液加工和良好的成膜性。本文综述了近年来聚合物磷光材料的研究进展,总结了聚合物磷光材料的合成方法及其在有机电致发光器件(OLED)方面的应用。最后从电磷光发光聚合物的分子结构设计出发,在电磷光发光聚合物领域业已取得进展的基础上,分析了电磷光发光聚合物在电致发光领域应用中存在的一些问题,并展望了电磷光聚合物今后的发展方向。     

有机重金属配合物磷光材料的合成与性能研究

磷光材料因能同时利用单重态激子和三重态激子的发光而在近期有机发光二极管(OLED)器件的研究中大受青睐.Forrest和Thompson两个研究小组合作,先后合成了一系列以2-苯基吡啶及其衍生物或类似物为配体,β-二酮等为辅助配体的环金属化的铱(或铂)配合物[1,2],然后分别将其用作磷光染料掺杂于电荷传输主体材料作为有机电致发光器件中的发光层,极大地提高了器件的外量子效率.     

锰(Ⅱ)配合物发光材料与器件研究进展

发光材料在照明和显示等领域应用广阔,寻求环境兼容、低成本和高效率的发光新材料意义深远。磷光锰(Ⅱ)配合物以其出色的发光效率、低成本和低毒性而备受关注。锰(Ⅱ)配合物的磷光发射产生于自旋禁阻的d-d跃迁,其发光特性主要取决于配体场的类型与强度。锰(Ⅱ)配位场对外界刺激相当敏感,易于发生变化,并直接影响其光物理性质,由此可实现发光颜色的可逆转换与调控。结合本课题组对磷光锰(Ⅱ)配合物的设计及其光致发光和电致发光性能的研究工作,本文综述了近年来卤化锰(Ⅱ)配合物发光材料和各种具有刺激响应发光变色效应的锰(Ⅱ)配合物及其在电致发光器件中的应用研究进展,并展望其发展前景及面临的挑战。     

环金属铱配合物在发光电化学池中的应用

与有机电致发光二极管(OLED)相比,发光电化学池(LEC)的器件结构更加简单,可以采用高功涵金属作为电极,因此在照明领域和移动设备终端显示方面具有巨大的应用前景,与其相关的研究与开发越来越受到科学界的重视.基于离子型过渡金属配合物的发光电化学池,由于具有不需要额外添加离子型导电材料和可以充分利用单线态和三线态激子的优点,受到业界广泛关注.与其它离子型过渡金属配合物相比,离子型铱配合物具有发光效率高、光学稳定性好以及发光颜色容易调节等优点.综述了近10年环金属铱配合物在发光电化学池中的应用,重点对离子型铱配合物在发光电化学池中的应用进行了评述,并对环金属铱配合物在发光电化学池领域的发展进行了展望.     

红色磷光喹喔啉铂(II)配合物及其有机电致发光器件的制备

利用2,3-二苯基喹喔啉和氯亚铂酸钾(K2PtCl4)反应, 合成了一种新型喹喔啉铂的配合物(DPQ)Pt(acac), 通过元素分析, 1H NMR测定对配合物结构进行了表征, 结果显示得到的是目标化合物. 利用紫外光谱和荧光光谱对配合物进行了研究. 利用该材料作为磷光染料制备了结构为ITO/NPB (21 nm) /NPB∶7%(DPQ)Pt(acac) (17.5 nm) /BCP (7 nm)/ Alq3 (21 nm)/ Mg∶Ag(10∶1)(120 nm)/Ag(10 nm)的有机电致发光器件(OLED). 结果表明, 该配合物在442和485 nm处存在单重态1MLCT(金属到配体的电荷跃迁)和三重态3MLCT的吸收峰; 在632 nm 处有较强的金属配合物三重态的磷光发射; 该器件的启动电压是5.0 V, 器件的最大亮度为1516 cd·m-2, 外量子效率为0.66%, 流明效率为0.26 lm·W-1, 是一种红色磷光材料.     

稠杂环化合物在红色磷光铱配合物中的应用

在过去的几十年里, 有机发光二极管(OLED)由于潜在的优势, 在全彩显示领域引起了高度重视. 电致磷光材料因其优异的发光性能, 引起了人们广泛关注. 对于实际应用的平板显示器, 蓝、绿、红三基色是必不可少的. 相对于高效的绿光材料, 红光磷光材料仍然存在色纯度差、效率低和亮度不足等问题, 因此设计合适的红光材料成为具有挑战性的问题. 稠杂环化合物因发光量子效率高、发光颜色可调、平衡电荷注入及迁移等优越性能而广泛应用于红色磷光铱配合物. 本文综述了近几年稠杂环化合物在小分子、树枝状及高分子红色磷光铱配合物中的应用, 阐述了铱配合物分子结构对材料光电性质及器件性能的影响, 最后展望了稠杂环化合物在红光磷光材料中的应用前景.     

Phosphorescent Pt(II) Emitters for OLEDs: From Triarylboron‐Functionalized Bidentate Complexes to Compounds with Macrocyclic Chelating Ligands

The development of organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) has attracted enormous research efforts from both academia and industry in the past decades and tremendous progress has been made. However, the low operation lifetime of the blue phosphorescent OLEDs remains as one of the greatest bottlenecks limiting further applications of OLEDs. To address this problem, design and synthesis of triplet emitters with high phosphorescence quantum yield (Φ_P) and adequate thermal, chemical, electrical and ultraviolet (UV) stabilities are vital. This review summarizes the progress we made on the development of efficient and robust phosphorescent emitters based on cyclometalated Pt(II) compounds, particularly the ones with blue emission, starting from complexes with triarylboron‐functionalized bidentate ligand to molecules incorporating tetradentate and macrocyclic ligands, with emphasis on their structure‐property relationships.     

Diversity of Luminescent Metal Complexes in OLEDs: Beyond Traditional Precious Metals

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) have attracted increasing attention due to their excellent properties, such as self-luminosity, high color gamut and flexibility, and potential applications in display, wearable devices and lighting. The emitters are the most important composition in OLEDs, mainly classified into fluorescent compounds (first generation), metal phosphorescent complexes (second generation), and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials (third generation). In this review, we summarize the advances of novel emitters of organic metal complexes in the last decade, focusing on coinage metals (Cu, Ag, and Au) and non-precious metals (Al, Zn, W, and alkali metal). Also, the design strategy of d¹⁰ and Au(III) complexes was discussed. We aim to provide guidance for exploring efficient metal complexes beyond traditional phosphorescent complexes.     

蓝色有机电致发光材料及器件的研究进展

有机电致发光器件因在全彩平板显示和固态照明领域中具有广阔的应用前景, 而受到人们的广泛关注。 时至今日, 与现有的红色和绿色有机电致发光材料和器件相比, 具有优越综合性能的蓝色有机电致发光材料和器件却始终匮乏。 相对而言, 蓝光材料具有较宽的能隙, 因而很难获得低电压、高效率和良好稳定性的深蓝光器件。 通常, 白色有机电致发光器件可以通过混合三基色或者两种颜色的方法获得。 但是无论哪种方法, 蓝光材料均是必不可少的。 另外, 还可以通过能量传递将蓝光转化为红光和绿光。 因此, 研发出具有优越综合性能的蓝光材料对有机电致发光器件的推广及应用十分关键。 本文综述了近年来蓝色荧光材料、蓝色磷光材料的研究进展以及蓝光材料在蓝色和白色有机电致发光器件中的应用, 并结合现有工作, 对蓝色有机电致发光材料的研究和应用前景进行展望。     

Highly Efficient and Air-Stable Lanthanide EuII Complex: New Emitter in Organic Light Emitting Diodes

Luminescent Eu^II complexes with a characteristic 5d–4f transition have potential applications in many fields. However, their instability in ambient conditions impedes further exploration and application. Herein, we report two new Eu^II complexes, bis[hydrotris(3-trifluoromethylpyrazolyl)borate]europium(II) ( Eu-1 ) and bis[hydrotris(3-methylpyrazolyl)borate]europium(II) ( Eu-2 ). Intriguingly, the blue emissive Eu-1 showed high air stability arising from fluorine protection and close molecular packing, as maintaining a photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of 91 % (initial 96 %) upon exposure to air over 2200 hours. While the orange emissive Eu-2 showed a maximum luminance of 30620 cd m⁻², and a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 6.5 %, corresponding to an exciton utilization efficiency around 100 % in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). These results could inspire further research on stable and efficient Eu^II complexes and their application in OLEDs.     

Photophysical Properties and OLED Applications of Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Schiff Base Complexes

The syntheses, crystal structures, and detailed investigations of the photophysical properties of phosphorescent platinum(II) Schiff base complexes are presented. All of these complexes exhibit intense absorption bands with λ_max in the range 417–546 nm, which are assigned to states of metal‐to‐ligand charge‐transfer (¹MLCT) ¹[Pt(5d)→π*(Schiff base)] character mixed with ¹[lone pair(phenoxide)→π*(imine)] charge‐transfer character. The platinum(II) Schiff base complexes are thermally stable, with decomposition temperatures up to 495 °C, and show emission λ_max at 541–649 nm in acetonitrile, with emission quantum yields up to 0.27. Measurements of the emission decay times in the temperature range from 130 to 1.5 K give total zero‐field splitting parameters of the emitting triplet state of 14–28 cm^?1. High‐performance yellow to red organic light‐emitting devices (OLEDs) using these platinum(II) Schiff base complexes have been fabricated with the best efficiency up to 31 cd A^?1 and a device lifetime up to 77 000 h at 500 cd m^?2.     

Iridium(III) Complexes with [−2, −1, 0] Charged Ligand Realized Deep-Red/Near-Infrared Phosphorescent Emission

A series of [−2, −1, 0] charged-ligand based iridium(III) complexes of [Ir(bph)(bpy)(acac)] ( 1 ), [Ir(bph)(2MeO-bpy)(acac)] ( 2 ), [Ir(bph)(2CF₃-bpy)(acac)] ( 3 ), [Ir(bph)(bpy)(2^tBu-acac)] ( 4 ) and [Ir(bph)(bpy)(CF₃-acac)] ( 5 ), which using biphenyl as dianionic ligand [−2], acetylacetone (or its derivatives) as monoanionic ligand [−1], and 2,2′-bipyridine (or its derivatives) as neutral ligand [0] were designed and synthesized. The chemical structures were well characterized. All of the ligands have simple chemical structures, thus further making the complexes have excellent thermal stability and are easy to sublimate and purify. Phosphorescent characteristics with short emission lifetime were demonstrated for these emitters. Notably, all of the complexes exhibit remarkable deep red/near infrared emission, which is quite different from the reported [−1, −1, −1] charged-ligand based iridium(III) complexes. The photophysical properties of these complexes are regularly improved by introducing electron-donating or -withdrawing groups into [−1] or [0] charged-ligand. The related organic light-emitting diodes exhibited deep red/near infrared emission with acceptable external quantum efficiency and low turn-on voltage (<2.6 V). This work provides a new idea for the construction of new type phosphorescent iridium(III) emitters with different valence states of [−2, −1, 0] charged ligands, thus offering new opportunities and challenges for their optoelectronic applications.     

Rigid Bridge-Confined Double-Decker Platinum(II) Complexes Towards High-Performance Red and Near-Infrared Electroluminescence

A molecular design to high-performance red and near-infrared (NIR) organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) emitters remains demanding. Herein a series of dinuclear platinum(II) complexes featuring strong intramolecular Pt???Pt and π–π interactions has been developed by using N-deprotonated α-carboline as a bridging ligand. The complexes in doped thin films exhibit efficient red to NIR emission from short-lived (τ=0.9–2.1 μs) triplet metal-metal-to-ligand charge transfer (³MMLCT) excited states. Red OLEDs demonstrate high maximum external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) of up to 23.3 % among the best Pt^II-complex-doped devices. The maximum EQE of 15.0 % and radiance of 285 W sr^?1 m^?2 for NIR OLEDs (λ_EL=725 nm) are unprecedented for devices based on discrete molecular emitters. Both red and NIR devices show very small efficiency roll-off at high brightness. Appealing operational lifetimes have also been revealed for the devices. This work sheds light on the potential of intramolecular metallophilicity for long-wavelength molecular emitters and electroluminescence.     

Thermally Robust and Tuneable Phosphorescent Gold(III) Complexes Bearing (N^N)-Type Bidentate Ligands as Ancillary Chelates

Phosphorescent mono-cyclometalated gold(III) complexes and their possible applications in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) can be significantly enhanced with their improved thermal stability by suppressing the reductive elimination of the respective ancillary ligands. A rational tuning of the π-conjugation of the cyclometalating ligand in conjunction with the non-conjugated 5,5′-(1-methylethylidene)bis(3-trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole were used as a strategy to achieve room-temperature phosphorescence emission in a new series of gold(III) complexes. Photophysical studies of the newly synthesised and characterised complexes revealed phosphorescent emission of the complexes at room temperature in solution, thin films when doped in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as well as in 2-Me-THF at 77 K. The complexes exhibit highly tuneable emission behaviour with photoluminescent quantum efficiencies up to 22 % and excited state lifetimes in the range of 63–300 μs. Detailed photophysical investigations in combination with DFT and TD-DFT calculations support the conclusion that the emission properties are strongly dictated by both the cyclometalating ligand and the ancillary chelating ligand. Thermogravimetric studies further show that the thermal stability of the Au^III complexes has been drastically enhanced, making these complexes more attractive for OLED applications.     

Design Strategy Towards Horizontally Oriented Luminescent Tetradentate-Ligand-Containing Gold(III) Systems

Phosphorescent dopants are promising candidates for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Although it has been established that the out-coupling efficiency and overall performances of vacuum-deposited OLEDs can be significantly improved by a horizontal orientation of the dopants, no horizontally oriented gold(III) complexes have been reported to date. Herein, a novel class of tetradentate C^C^N^N ligand-containing gold(III) complexes with a preferential horizontal orientation successfully generated through a one-pot reaction is reported. These complexes demonstrate high photoluminescence quantum yields of 70 % and a high horizontal dipole ratio of 0.87 in solid-state thin films. Green-emitting OLEDs based on these complexes operate with a maximum external quantum efficiency of 20.6 % with an estimated out-coupling efficiency of around 30 %. A promising device stability has been achieved in the vacuum-deposited OLEDs, with operational half-lifetimes of around 37 500 h at 100 cd m⁻².