高效蓝光有机电致磷光主体材料的研究进展

磷光有机发光二极管(PHOLEDs)相对于传统的荧光有机电致发光具有更高的量子效率, 在平板显示和固态照明方面有极大的应用前景. 本工作将近几年来外量子效率高于20%的蓝光PHOLEDs中小分子主体材料进行总结, 并按空穴传输型、电子传输型和双极传输型主体材料分类, 重点介绍这些材料的分子结构、三线态能级、HOMO/LUMO能级、热稳定性、形态稳定性以及作为蓝光PHOLEDs主体材料的器件性能, 以期对主体材料的研究及OLED产业化提供参考价值.     

基于吡啶甲酮衍生物的蓝色磷光主体材料的合成及性质

以4-苯甲酰吡啶、吩噁嗪和9,9-二甲基吖啶为原料,合成了两种蓝色磷光主体材料:[(2-溴-5-吩噁嗪-10-基)苯基](吡啶-4-基)甲酮(BPPPM),[2-溴-5-(9,9-二甲基-9H-吖啶-10-基)苯基](吡啶-4-基)甲酮(BDPPM)。并用~1H NMR、~(13)C NMR和元素分析对其结构进行了表征,研究了它们的光电性质和热性质。结果表明,BPPPM和BDPPM的光学带隙(Eg)分别为3.31和2.64 e V;它们的发射峰分别位于405和435 nm,发深蓝和蓝色荧光;它们均具有较高的三线态能级(2.70,2.65e V),可与蓝色磷光客体材料FIrpic(2.65e V)的三线态能级相匹配;它们均具有匹配的HOMO(-5.45、-5.35e V)与LUMO能级(-2.14、-2.82e V),且其HOMO、LUMO轨道的电子云分离突出,具有良好的双极性质;此外它们均具有较好的热稳定性和成膜性。     

掺杂发光有机电致磷光器件工作原理及主体材料

本文总结了基于掺杂发光的有机电致磷光器件(PhOLED)中磷光材料被激发的途径及机理,并指出不同主体材料对器件性能的不同影响.全面介绍了小分子主体材料研究的新进展及它们在PhOLEDs器件中的运用.比较和讨论了基于各种不同性质主体材料的器件性能,指出主体材料选择策略.同时讨论了各类主体材料的分子结构、热稳定性、三线态能级、载流子迁移率及HOMO/LUMO能级之间的关系,揭示了上述特性对器件性能影响.     

锌掺杂对TiO2染料敏化电池光阳极中电荷俘获态分布及电子复合过程的影响

基于瞬态光电压和瞬态光电流技术研究了锌掺杂的TiO2染料敏化太阳能电池中电子复合及传输的动力学行为.通过实验获得了不同阳极掺杂条件下的电子复合时间常数与电子收集时间常数,考察了锌掺杂对电池阳极材料导带能级和电子俘获态的影响.研究结果表明,锌的掺杂在提高TiO2导带能级的同时延长了俘获态电子的复合时间常数,从而大大提高了电池的开路电压.     

基于联咔唑为骨架的双极主体材料的合成及其在有机电致发光器件中的应用

咔唑类衍生物具有良好的空穴传输性能和较高的三重态能级,在有机电致发光器件中一般用来构建空穴传输材料和主体材料。本文通过在联咔唑的3和6位引入具有电子传输能力的氰基,设计合成了一种以双咔唑二聚体为分子骨架的新型双极性有机电致发光主体材料6,6’-双氰基-9,9’-二苯基-3,3’-联咔唑（BCzDCN）,研究了其发光性能、热稳定性和电化学性质。低温磷光发射光谱测试表明BCzDCN的三重态能级高于传统的天蓝色磷光掺杂材料双（4,6-二氟苯基吡啶-N,C²’）吡啶甲酰合铱（FIrpic）。以BCzDCN为主体材料,FIrpic和双（4-苯并噻吩）[3,2-C]吡啶-N,C²’）乙酰丙酮合铱（PO-01）分别为蓝色和黄色磷光掺杂材料,制备了蓝色和白色有机磷光发光二极管器件。器件的最大电流效率分别达到34.6 cd/A和59.0 cd/A。并且在1000 cd/m²亮度下的效率滚降仅有4.1%和5.1%。     

吡啶取代蒽衍生物电荷传输性质的理论研究

采用DFT,HF,CIS和TDDFT等方法对5个吡啶取代蒽衍生物的电子结构、光谱及电荷注入传输性能进行了计算与研究.结果表明,5种化合物的结构变化发生在相邻基团之间的二面角,电子光谱变化微小,最大发射波长约450nm.通过调节吡啶或苯的取代位置,可改变前线分子轨道能级、电离能、电子亲和势和重组能的大小,改善化合物的电荷注入传输性能.5种化合物中,DPyPA-MO的空穴和电子迁移速率较为突出,而DPyPA-OM具有最佳的电荷注入传输性能,有望成为电荷平衡性优良的蓝光材料应用于OLED.     

基于多芳基取代吡啶衍生物的有机光电材料的设计、合成及性能研究

电子传输材料在有机电致发光器件中起着举足轻重的作用,然而相对于高效的发光材料和空穴传输材料的研究,高性能的电子传输材料报道较少.针对电子传输材料研究中存在的问题,本论文选定了具有较高电子迁移率的芳基吡啶衍生物作为主体结构,设计并合成了一系列具有空穴阻挡能力的电子传输材料和新型的具有电子传输性能的绿光发光材料,并开展了OLED器件研究.具体创新性结果如下.     

荧光/磷光混合型白光有机发光二极管的研究

白光有机发光二极管（white organic light-emitting diodes,WOLEDs）在全色显示、固态照明以及背光源等领域有巨大的应用前景,其研究备受关注.其中,荧光/磷光混合型WOLEDs因兼具荧光材料的长寿命和磷光材料的高效率,被认为是目前最有希望实现照明应用的器件结构.荧光/磷光混合型WOLEDs最重要的问题是要解决荧光材料的单线态激子和磷光材料的三线态激子的协同发光.为了避免单线态激子和三线态激子的相互猝灭问题,必须设计有效的器件结构.本文以两种不同三线态能级的蓝光荧光材料为研究对象,介绍了不同高性能荧光/磷光混合型WOLEDs的结构设计与性能.研究表明,载流子传输平衡的高效结构设计和激子分布宽范围内的有效调控是实现高性能荧光/磷光混合型WOLEDs的关键.     

卤素、 氰基及N原子修饰对四硫富瓦烯衍生物载流子传输性质影响的理论研究

基于密度泛函理论结合跳跃模型和能带理论研究了氟、 氯、 氰基和N原子的引入对四硫富瓦烯(TTF)衍生物载流子传输性质的影响. 计算结果表明, 嵌N修饰会降低分子重组能, 特别是当N原子靠近TTF主体环时作用更明显. 与引入卤素修饰相比, 引入氰基修饰的分子具有更小的电子和空穴重组能及更低的前线分子轨道(FMO)能级. 同时迁移率的计算结果显示, 分子6具有1.15 cm²·V^-1·s^-1的高电子迁移率, 考虑其较低的LUMO能级, 推测其有望成为潜在的优异电子传输材料, 而相似的电子和空穴迁移率使分子2有望成为潜在的双极性传输材料. 同时还考察了S和N原子之间的弱相互作用, 当S或N原子对分子HOMO(或LUMO)有贡献时, 其相应的空穴(或电子)传输能力会有所提高.     

一种基于咔唑的新型磷光主体材料的合成及光电性能

设计并合成了一种基于咔唑的新型的磷光主体材料, 即9-(6-(9-咔唑基)己基)咔唑(hCP), 对其结构及性能进行了表征. 研究结果表明: hCP分子中两个咔唑与烷基链是非共平面的, 由于长烷基链的缠绕, 因而具有较高的三线态能级(3.01 eV)和较高的玻璃化温度(93℃); 以hCP为主体材料, 与绿光磷光染料三(2-苯基吡啶)合铱(Ir(ppy)₃)掺杂作为发光层, 制备了磷光电致发光器件, 其器件的最大电流效率为15.1 cd·A^-1, 相对于4,4'-N,N'-二咔唑基联苯(CBP)为主体材料的参考器件, 显著提高了34.8%.     

Organic host materials for phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PhOLEDs) unfurl a bright future for the next generation of flat-panel displays and lighting sources due to their merit of high quantum efficiency compared with fluorescent OLEDs. This critical review focuses on small-molecular organic host materials as triplet guest emitters in PhOLEDs. At first, some typical hole and electron transport materials used in OLEDs are briefly introduced. Then the hole transport-type, electron transport-type, bipolar transport host materials and the pure-hydrocarbon compounds are comprehensively presented. The molecular design concept, molecular structures and physical properties such as triplet energy, HOMO/LUMO energy levels, thermal and morphological stabilities, and the applications of host materials in PhOLEDs are reviewed (152 references).     

Benzimidazobenzothiazole‐Based Bipolar Hosts to Harvest Nearly All of the Excitons from Blue Delayed Fluorescence and Phosphorescent Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes

Much effort has been devoted to developing highly efficient organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) that function through phosphorescence or thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). However, efficient host materials for blue TADF and phosphorescent guest emitters are limited because of their requirement of high triplet energy levels. Herein, we report the rigid acceptor unit benzimidazobenzothiazole (BID‐BT), which is suitable for use in bipolar hosts in blue OLEDs. The designed host materials, based on BID‐BT, possess high triplet energy and bipolar carrier transport ability. Both blue TADF and phosphorescent OLEDs containing BID‐BT‐based derivatives exhibit external quantum efficiencies as high as 20 %, indicating that these hosts allow efficient triplet exciton confinement appropriate for blue TADF and phosphorescent guest emitters.     

A Silane-Based Bipolar Host with High Triplet Energy for High Efficiency Deep-Blue Phosphorescent OLEDs with Improved Device Lifetime

A high triplet energy host is developed using a silane moiety, 9-(4-(triphenylsilyl)dibenzo[b,d]furan-2-yl)-9H-carbazole (SiDBFCz), is designed through extensive density functional theory (DFT) calculations to obtain appropriate hole and electron injection barriers. The chemical hardness and the charge transport characteristics are comprehensively investigated to realize a bipolar host with high triplet energy over 2.9 eV for deep blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs). The synthesized SiDBFCz clearly exhibits the bipolar characteristics especially with emitter molecules doped. An external quantum efficiency over 19 % without any microcavity optimization is achieved thanks to the good charge balance in the SiDBFCz PHOLED. The device lifetime of the SiDBFCz PHOLED is improved more than 1000 %, compared to the unipolar control devices at an initial luminance of 500 cd m⁻². The dramatic enhancement of the operational stability of the deep blue PHOLED is also thoroughly investigated in terms of electrochemical stability of host molecules in charged or excited states. The results clearly indicate that the device lifetime is strongly correlated with the bond dissociation energy and the activation energy for the bond dissociation reaction in triplet excited state.     

A novel electron transport material with triazole and diphenylphosphine oxide moieties for high efficiency OLEDs

A novel electron transport material with 1,2,4-triazole and diphenylphosphine oxide moieties (TPO) has been designed and synthesized. The material exhibits wide energy gap (3.77 eV), deep HOMO level (−6.28 eV), high triplet energy (2.86 eV), high glass transition temperature (133 °C) and high thermal stability (decomposition temperature at 423 °C). Device using TPO as electron transport material showed lower driving voltage and higher efficiency compared with the commonly used electron transport materials, such as 3,5-bis(4-tert-butylphenyl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole (TAZ), 1,3,5-tris(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)benzene (TPBI) and 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP).     

Synthesis of fused phenylcarbazole phosphine oxide based high triplet energy host materials

High triplet energy host materials based on novel fused phenylcarbazole core structure and diphenylphosphine oxide were synthesized and the physical properties of the host materials were investigated. A high triplet energy of 2.95 eV was obtained from the fused phenylcarbazole based host materials and the energy levels could be manipulated using the diphenylphosphine oxide group. The fused phenylcarbazole based high triplet energy host materials showed excellent morphological stability at high temperature.     

三嗪类双极性蓝色磷光主体材料的合成及性能

设计合成了一种基于三嗪类的新型双极性蓝色磷光主体材料[4-(4,6-二-α-萘氧基-1,3,5-三嗪-2-基)苯基]9-咔唑(NOTPC),并对其结构进行了表征。通过紫外-可见(UV-Vis)吸收、荧光、低温磷光、循环伏安法、热重分析(TGA)、差热分析(DSC)和密度泛函理论(DFT)对其性能及结构进行了研究。结果表明,NOTPC在CH₂Cl₂稀溶液中的吸收峰位于341和374 nm;发射峰位于478 nm;NOTPC的低温(77 K)磷光光谱的第一发射峰位于442 nm,其三线态能级为2.80 eV,与蓝色磷光材料FIrpic(2.62 eV)的能级相匹配;NOTPC的HOMO主要分布在苯基咔唑单元,而LUMO主要定域在三嗪环上。其HOMO能级为-5.40 eV,与阳极ITO的功函(-4.5~-5.0 eV)相匹配,LUMO能级为-2.32 eV,接近于电子传输材料PBD(-2.82 eV),NOTPC表现出双极传导性能, 且热稳定性良好。     

Synthesis of novel twisted carbazole-quinoxaline derivatives with 1,3,5-benzene core: bipolar molecules as hosts for phosphorescent OLEDs

A series of carbazole/quinoxaline hybrids have been synthesized by classic Ullmann and Pd/Cu-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction. Their photophysical, thermal, and electrochemical properties were investigated. The introduction of electron rich carbazole and electron deficient quinoxaline on to the 1,3,5-benzene center leads to a twisted structure with good glass forming property and imparts a bipolar character. The triplet energies in the range of 2.34-2.53 eV indicate them as potential host materials in phosphorescent OLEDs.     

Molecular hosts for triplet emitters in organic light-emitting diodes and the corresponding working principle

This paper summarizes the mechanism and routes for excitation of triplet emitters in dopant emission based phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PhOLEDs), providing a comprehensive overview of recent progress in molecular hosts for triplet emitters in PhOLEDs. Particularly, based on the nature of different hosts, e.g., hole transporting, electron transporting or bipolar materials, in which the dopant emitters can be hosted to generate phosphorescence, the respective device performances are summarized and compared. Highlights are given to the relationships among the molecular structure, thermal stability, triplet energy, carrier mobility, molecular orbital energy level and their corresponding device performances.     

基于三苯胺/二苯砜的热激活延迟荧光材料

通过Suzuki反应合成了三种基于三苯胺/二苯砜的热激活延迟荧光(TADF)材料(1-3),采用紫外-可见(UV-Vis)吸收光谱、时间分辨荧光发射光谱、循环伏安(CV)测试、理论计算、热重分析和差示扫描量热法,系统地研究了三种材料的光物理、电化学、延迟荧光性能和热稳定性.材料1-3均为基于分子内电荷转移(ICT)的双极性分子.三种材料在薄膜中的单线态-三线态能级差分别为0.46、0.39和0.29 eV.荧光量子效率和荧光寿命的测试结果表明,三种材料均能发射延迟荧光,其中材料3具有最佳的延迟荧光性能.材料1-3的最高占有分子轨道(HOMO)能级分别为-4.91、-4.89和-4.89 eV.结合UV-Vis吸收光谱中得到的能隙(E_g)值,我们得到材料1-3的最低未占分子轨道(LUMO)能级,分别为-1.74、-1.89和-1.94 eV.热分析的结果表明,材料1-3具有其较高的热分解温度(T_d,失重5%时的温度),分别为436、387和310 ℃.