High-efficiency electrophosphorescent copolymers containing charged iridium complexes in the side chains

A convenient approach to novel charged Ir polymers for optoelectronic devices to achieve red emission was developed. 2-(Pyridin-2-yl)benzimidazole units grafted into the side chains of macroligands (PFCz and PFP) served as ligands for the formation of charged Ir complex pendants with 1-phenylisoquinoline (1-piq). The charged Ir polymers (PFPIrPiq and PFCzIrPiq) showed exclusive Ir(1-piq)(2){N-[2-(pyridin-2-yl)benzimidazole]hexyl}(+)BF(4)(-) (IrPiq) emission, with the peak at 595 nm. The best device performances were obtained from PFCzIrPiq4 with the device configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/PFCzIrPiq4+PBD (30 wt %)/TPBI/Ba/Al (PBD: 5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-(biphenyl-4-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole; TPBI: 1,3,5-tris-(2-N-phenylbenzimidazolyl)benzene). A maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 7.3 % and a luminous efficiency (LE) of 6.9 cd A(-1) with a luminance of 138 cd m(-2) were achieved at a current density of 1.9 mA cm(-2). The efficiencies remained as high as EQE=3.4 % and LE=3.3 cd A(-1) with a luminance of 3770 cd m(-2) at a current density of 115 mA cm(-2). The single-layer devices based on charged Ir polymers also showed high efficiency with the high work-function metal Ag as cathode. The maximum external quantum efficiencies of the devices were 0.64 % and 0.66 % for PFPIrPiq2 and PFPIrPiq10, respectively. A possible mechanism of an electrochemical cell associated with its electrochemical redox pathway for single-layer devices has been proposed. The results showed that the charged Ir polymers are promising candidate materials for polymer optoelectronic devices.     

Application of heteroleptic iridium complexes with fluorenyl-modified 1-phenylisoquinoline ligand for high-efficiency red polymer light-emitting devices

A series of new heteroleptic iridium complexes bearing fluorenyl-modified 1-phenylisoquinoline as the first ligand and different ancillary ligands has been prepared and characterized. These complexes bis(1-(3-(9,9-dimethyl-fluoren-2-yl)phenyl)isoquinoline-C2,N′)iridium(III)acetylacetonate(Ir(DMFPQ)₂acac)), bis(1-(3-(9,9-dimethyl-fluoren-2-yl)phenyl)isoquinoline-C2,N′)iridium(III)(3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazolate)(Ir(DMFPQ)₂pt) and bis(1-(3-(9,9-dimethyl-fluoren-2-yl)phenyl)isoquinoline-C2,N′)iridium(III)(2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazolate)(Ir(DMFPQ)₂pbi) showed red phosphorescent emissions of 615-630 nm in dichloromethane solution. The device fabricated with these complexes doped into a host polyfluorene (PFO) blend with 30% of an electron transport material 2-(4-biphenyl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) showed high device efficiencies. Ir(DMFPQ)₂acac exhibited red emission with an external quantum efficiency(η_ext) of 14.3% and luminous efficiency(η_c) of 7.8 cd/A at 1.2 mA/cm² and the maximum brightness reached 10 006 cd/m² (Commission Internationale de I’Eclairage(CIE) chromaticity coordinates: (0.67, 0.32)) at 412 mA/cm². Ir(DMFPQ)₂pt showed a η_ext of 13.0% and η_c of 9.2 cd/A at 17 mA/cm², 1532 cd/m², and the maximum brightness reached 15085 cd/m² (CIE: 0.64, 0.34) at 360 mA/cm².     

Bright and monochromic red light-emitting electroluminescence devices based on a new multifunctional europium ternary complex

A novel europium(III) complex, tris(dibenzoylmethanato)(2-4'-triphenylamino)imidazo[4,5-f]1,10-phenanthroline)europium(III), Eu(DBM)3(TPIP), is synthesized. The light-emitting center, hole-transporting triphenylamine and electron-transporting phenanthroline fragments are integrated into one molecule. A single-layer device of ITO/Eu(DBM)3(TPIP) (60 nm)/Mg0.9Ag0.1/Ag exhibits Eu(III)-based pure red emission with a maximum brightness of 19 cd m(-2) at 13.5 V and 280 mA cm(-2), and an onset driving voltage of 8 V. A four-layer device of ITO/TPD (20 nm)/Eu(DBM)3(TPIP) (40 nm)/BCP (20 nm)/AlQ(40 nm)/Mg0.9Ag0.1/Ag gives a maximum Eu(III)-based pure red emitting luminance of 1305 cd m(-2) at 16 V and 255 mA cm(-2) with an onset driving voltage of 6 V; the maximum external quantum yield and luminous yield are estimated to be 0.85% and 1.44 lm W(-1), respectively, at 7.5 V and 0.25 mA cm(-2).     

Fused-seven-ring anthracene derivative with two sulfur bridges for high performance red organic light-emitting diodes

A fused-seven-ring anthracene derivative with two sulfur bridges, benzobisthioxanthene (BTA), was synthesized, facilely. OLEDs employing BTA as the emitter exhibited bright (maximum 40,752 cd m(-2)) and efficient red emission (CIE, x = 0.64, y = 0.36) with a luminous efficiency of 4.4 cd A(-1).     

High-efficiency red electrophosphorescence based on neutral bis(pyrrole)-diimine platinum(II) complex

Efficient red electroluminescence from the excimer or oligomer of neutral phosphorescent bis(pyrrole)-diimine Pt(II) complex has been achieved with maximum external quantum efficiency, luminous efficiency, power efficiency and brightness of 6.5%, 9.0 cd A(-1), 4.0 lm W(-1) and 11 100 cd m(-2), respectively.     

Red electrophosphorescence from a soluble binaphthol derivative as host and iridium complex as guest

The investigation of the optical properties, carrier injection, and transport into a soluble small molecule, 6,6'-dicarbazolyl-2,2'-dihexyloxy-1,1'-binaphthol (BA), was reported. The results demonstrated that BA is a blue-emitting molecule, which can be used as a host for the fabrication of electrophosphorescent light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The single-layer electrophosphorescent LEDs fabricated from toluene solution containing BA with tris[2,5-bis-2'-(9',9'-dihexylfluorene)pyridine-kappa(2)NC(3)(')]iridium(III) [Ir(HFP)(3)] emitted red light from Ir(HFP)(3) triplet emission. The results from photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL) demonstrated that the dominated operational mechanism in EL was charge trapping rather than F?rster transfer, which was the dominated mechanism in PL. The single-layer OLEDs with 1wt % of Ir(HFP)(3) have a luminance (L) of 1000 cd/m(2) at 22 V and a luminous efficiency (LE) of 0.88 cd/A at 11 mA/cm(2). Double-layer electrophosphorescent LEDs fabricated by casting the emitting layer from a solution of BA blended with Ir(HFP)(3) and subsequently thermally depositing tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq(3)) film as an electron injection and transport layer yielded L = 1830 cd/m(2) at 30 V and LE = 2.47 cd/A at 18 mA/cm(2). These results demonstrated that electrophosphorescent LEDs can be fabricated from BA via solution processing and that L and LE can be enhanced by changing the device architecture with the goal of better balancing the electron and hole currents.     

Simple Synthesis of Red Iridium(III) Complexes with Sulfur-Contained Four-Membered Ancillary Ligands for OLEDs

Phosphorescent iridium(III) complexes have been widely researched for the fabrication of efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In this work, three red Ir(III) complexes named Ir-1, Ir-2, and Ir-3, with Ir-S-C-S four-membered framework rings, were synthesized efficiently at room temperature within 5 min using sulfur-containing ancillary ligands with electron-donating groups of 9,10-dihydro-9,9-dimethylacridine, phenoxazine, and phenothiazine, respectively. Due to the same main ligand of 4-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)quinazoline, all Ir(III) complexes showed similar photoluminescence emissions at 622, 619, and 622 nm with phosphorescence quantum yields of 35.4%, 50.4%, and 52.8%, respectively. OLEDs employing these complexes as emitters with the structure of ITO (indium tin oxide)/HAT-CN (dipyra-zino[2,3-f,2′,3′-h]quinoxaline-2,3,6,7,10,11-hexacarbonitrile, 5 nm)/TAPC (4,4′-cyclohexylidenebis[N,N-bis-(4-methylphenyl)aniline], 40 nm)/TCTA (4,4″,4″-tris(carbazol-9-yl)triphenylamine, 10 nm)/Ir(III) complex (10 wt%): 2,6DCzPPy (2,6-bis-(3-(carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)pyridine, 10 nm)/TmPyPB (1,3,5-tri(mpyrid-3-yl-phenyl)benzene, 50 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (100 nm) achieved good performance. In particular, the device based on complex Ir-3 with the phenothiazine unit showed the best performance with a maximum brightness of 22,480 cd m⁻², a maximum current efficiency of 23.71 cd A⁻¹, and a maximum external quantum efficiency of 18.1%. The research results suggest the Ir(III) complexes with a four-membered ring Ir-S-C-S backbone provide ideas for the rapid preparation of Ir(III) complexes for OLEDs.     

自主体发光的蓝绿色磷光Ir(Ⅲ)配合物的合成及光电特性

合成了一类自主体蓝绿色磷光铱(Ⅲ)配合物(CzPhBI)₂Ir(tfmptz), (CzPhBI)₂Ir(tfmpptz)和(CzPhBI)₂Ir(fpptz)[其中CzPhBI, tfmptz, tfmpptz和fpptz分别为9-[6-(2-苯基-1-苯并咪唑基)己基]-9-咔唑、 2-(5-三氟甲基-1,2,4-三唑基)吡啶、 2-(5-[4-(三氟甲基)苯基]-1,2,3-三唑)吡啶和2-[5-(4-氟苯基)-1,2,3-三唑]吡啶]. 通过核磁共振氢谱和氟谱及元素分析确定其分子结构, 并对其光物理性能进行了研究. 利用该类配合物作为单发光层制备了器件结构为氧化铟锡(ITO)│N,N'-二苯基-N,N'-二(1-萘基)-1,1'-联苯-4,4'-二胺(NPB)(30 nm)│4,4'-N,N'-二咔唑基联苯(CBP)(15 nm)│Ir配合物(30 nm)│1,3,5-三(1-苯基-1H-苯并咪唑-2-基)苯(TBPI)(30 nm)│LiF(1 nm)│Al(100 nm)的电致发光器件, 其最大亮度为6913 cd/m², 最大发光效率达13.9 cd/A.     

两种基于氮杂环结构铱(Ⅲ)配合物的合成及有机电致发光性能

以苯基嘧啶/吡啶基嘧啶为母核, 同时引入2个三氟甲基(CF₃)合成了2-[3,5-二（三氟甲基）苯基]-5-氟基嘧啶(tfmphfppm)和2-[2,6-二（三氟甲基）-4-吡啶基]-5-氟基嘧啶(tfmpyfppm)主配体, 并以2-(5-苯基-1,3,4-噁二唑-2-)苯酚(pop)为辅助配体合成了2种铱(III)配合物Ir(tfmphfppm)₂(pop)和Ir(tfmpyfppm)₂(pop), 其发射光谱峰分别位于484和504 nm, 分别属于蓝绿光和绿光发射, 发光量子效率分别达到76%和89%. 由于氮杂环和2,5-二苯基-1,3,4-噁二唑基团的存在, 配合物具有较低的最低未占据分子轨道(LUMO)能级和较高的电子迁移率. 以2种 铱(III)配合物为发光中心制备的有机电致发光器件(OLED)显示了较好的器件性能, 其最大亮度(L_max)、 最大电流效率(η_{c, max})、 最大功率效率(η_{p, max})和最大外量子效率(EQE_max)分别为33379 cd/m², 76.55 cd/A, 31.59 lm/W和26.7%; 并且该器件显示了比较小的效率滚降, 在亮度为1000 cd/m²时, 器件的η_c仍然可以达到72.71 cd/A. 本文结果表明, 氮杂环、 2,5-二苯基-1,3,4-噁二唑和三氟甲基基团可以有效提高铱(Ⅲ)配合物的发光性能和电子迁移率, 从而提高器件的性能.     

以3-乙酰基樟脑作为辅助配体的环金属铱配合物的合成及光电性能研究

以立体位阻3-乙酰基樟脑为辅助配体合成了系列新型的环金属铱配合物3-乙酰基樟脑-2-(2,4-二氟)苯基吡啶环金属铱配合物[(46dfppy)₂Ir(acam)], 3-乙酰基樟脑-2-苯基吡啶环金属铱配合物[(ppy)₂Ir(acam)], 3-乙酰基樟脑-2-苯并噻吩吡啶环金属铱配合物[(btp)₂Ir(acam)]. 将配合物的吸收光谱、光致发光光谱以及光致发光效率与辅助配体为乙酰丙酮(acac)的对应配合物进行了比较, 发现在配合物中引入具有大空间位阻的3-乙酰基樟脑使配合物的光致发光效率均有所提高. 并将(ppy)₂Ir(acam)用于有机电致发光器件, 电致发光光谱在516 nm 处有一最大强度峰, 驱动电压为12 V 时最大亮度为10930 cd/m², 最大亮度效率达到14.6 cd/A, 电压为10.7 V 时最大功率为4.23 lm/W, 亮度为698 cd/m².     

Solution-Processed Yellow Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Two New Ionic Ir (III) Complexes

Two new and efficient cationic yellow-emissive Ir (III) complexes (Ir1 and Ir2) are rationally designed by using 2-(4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-4-methylquinoline as the main ligand, and, respectively, 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridyl and 4,4′-dimethoxy-2,2′-bipyridyl as the ancillary ligands. Both complexes show enhanced phosphorescence (546 nm with 572 nm as shoulder and high phosphorescent quantum efficiency in solution, which is in favor of efficient solution-processed phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes. Compared with Ir2, the Ir1-based device displays excellent device performance, with maximum external quantum efficiency, current efficiency, and power efficiency of up to 7.92%, 26.32 cd/A and 15.31 lm/W, respectively, thus proving that the two new ionic Ir (III) complexes exhibit great potential for future solution-processed electroluminescence.     

Hyperbranched polymers with aggregation-induced emission property for solution-processed white organic light-emitting diodes

In this work, a new series of hyperbranched polymers of PFTPE-Ir(piq)₃-X(X?=?1, 5, 10) were designed and synthesized, in which tris(1-phenylisoquinoline)iridium(Ш) (Ir(piq)₃) acts as red emission core and PFTPE acts as branches. The photophysical study reveals that these hyperbranched polymers exhibit aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristic, inducing in much higher photoluminescent quantum yield (Φ_Y) in neat film than that in dilute tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution. The white-light OLEDs using PFTPE-Ir(piq)₃-X as emission layer show rather weaker efficiency roll-off. Especially, the white-light OLED based on PFTPE-Ir(piq)₃-5 as emission layer shows a maximum luminance of 4686?cd/m², a maximum luminous efficiency of 2.43?cd/A, a maximum external quantum efficiency of 1.08% and the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage coordinate of (0.26, 0.36).     

Probing Electron Excitation Characters of Carboline-Based Bis-Tridentate Ir(III) Complexes

In this work, we report a series of bis-tridentate Ir(III) metal complexes, comprising a dianionic pyrazole-pyridine-phenyl tridentate chelate and a monoanionic chelate bearing a peripheral carbene and carboline coordination fragment that is linked to the central phenyl group. All these Ir(III) complexes were synthesized with an efficient one-pot and two-step method, and their emission hue was fine-tuned by variation of the substituent at the central coordination entity (i.e., pyridinyl and phenyl group) of each of the tridentate chelates. Their photophysical and electrochemical properties, thermal stabilities and electroluminescence performances are examined and discussed comprehensively. The doped devices based on [Ir(cbF)(phyz1)] (Cb1) and [Ir(cbB)(phyz1)] (Cb4) give a maximum external quantum efficiency (current efficiency) of 16.6% (55.2 cd/A) and 13.9% (43.8 cd/A), respectively. The relatively high electroluminescence efficiencies indicate that bis-tridentate Ir(III) complexes are promising candidates for OLED applications.     

A deep red phosphorescent Ir(III) complex for use in polymer light-emitting diodes: role of the arylsilyl substituents

Here we report the synthesis and electrophosphorescence of a new deep-red phosphorescent Ir(III) complex with spatially embracing and thus solubilizing arylsilyl-substituted ligands, Ir(III) tris(2-(2'-benzo[b]thienyl)-5-(4'-triphenylsilylphenyl)pyridinato-N,C3'). A poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) film doped with this Ir(III) complex exhibited excellent phase homogeneity and showed saturated red electrophosphorescence of 2.7% maximum external quantum efficiency, whose Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage coordinates were (0.69, 0.30).     

A promising phosphorescent iridium complex with fluorine substituents: synthesis, crystal structure, photo- and electro-luminescence performance

In this paper, we report a phosphorescent Ir(III) emitter of Ir(acac-F6)(F-BT)₂, where acac-F6 = 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dione and F-BT = 2-(2-fluorophenyl)benzo[d]thiazole, including its crystal structure, electronic nature, photophysical characteristics, thermal and electrochemical properties. Data suggest that Ir(acac-F6)(F-BT)₂ is a promising emitter with high quantum yield of 0.19 and good thermal stability, along with its proper energy levels for charge carrier transportation. Electroluminescence (EL) devices using Ir(acac-F6)(F-BT)₂ as emitter are also fabricated, and their electroluminescence performances are investigated in detail. The optimal EL device shows a maximum luminance of 27,000 cd/cm² and a peak current efficiency of 8.7 cd/A.     

Synthesis, characterization and photophysics of fluorene-alt-oxadiazole copolymers containing pendent iridium (III) complex moiety

A series of fluorene-alt-oxadiazole copolymers containing a pendent phosphor chromophore of the (piq)₂Ir(pic) complex were synthesized via the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction, where piq is 1-phenylisoquinoline and pic is picolinic acid. These copolymers exhibited a similar absorption spectrum with a peak at about 330 nm and a typical emission peak at 408 nm in CH₂Cl₂ from the fluorene-alt-oxadiazole backbone. However, a significantly red-shifted emission peak at about 625 nm was observed in the neat films of these copolymers, which are attributed to the pendent iridium (III) complex unit. Using these copolymers as single emission layer, the polymer light-emitting devices with a configuration of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/copolymers/LiF/Al exhibited a saturated red emission with a peak at 632 nm. Significant influence of the attached iridium (III) complex ratio on EL performance was presented. A maximum current efficiency of 1.2 cd/A at 63 mA/cm² and a maximum luminance of 1125 cd/m² at 12 V were achieved from the device with the copolymer containing iridium (III) complex in a 3% molar ratio.     

Cyclometallated iridium(III) complex with 2-(benzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>]thiophen-2-yl)pyridyl and norbornene-substituted pyrazolonate ligands and related electroluminescent red light-emitting polymers

New cyclometallated iridium(III) complex, (NBEpz)Ir(Btp)2 (I) (NBEpzH is 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-(5-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-2-yl)-5-pyrazolone, and BtpH is 2-(benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)pyridine), is synthesized. The structure of the compound is determined by X-ray diffraction analysis (CIF file CCDC no. 1406737). Copolymers with the carbazole and iridium-containing fragments in the side chains (P1–P3) are prepared from monomer I using the ROMP method (ROMP is Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization). Their photoluminescence and electroluminescence properties are studied. Copolymers P1–P3 exhibit an intense photoluminescence and electroluminescence of red color. The maximum current efficiency (17.9 cd/A) and power efficiency (9.1 lm/W) are reached using emitter P2.     

高效溶液法小分子磷光电致发光器件研究

以小分子化合物CDBP[4,4′-bis(carbazol-9-yl)-9,9-dimethyl-fluorene]为主体材料,Ir(pppy)3[tris(5-phenyl-10,10-dimethyl-4-aza-tricycloundeca-2,4,6-triene)Iridium(III)]为磷光客体材料,采用溶液法和真空蒸镀法相结合的制备工艺,制作了小分子磷光电致发光器件.研究表明,通过器件结构的优化,Ir(pppy)3(重量百分比为2)掺杂的多层绿光电致发光器件效率达22.0 cd/A,最大亮度达到26600 cd/m²,这一结果可与当今基于真空蒸镀的小分子或基于溶液法的高分子磷光电致发光器件性能相媲美.本工作为降低有机电致发光器件的成本,扩展溶液法有机电致发光器件制备工艺中材料的选择范围提供了实验依据.     

一步法合成螺双芴及螺氧杂蒽衍生物及其在有机发光二极管中的应用：性能增强及相关的光学现象关

以芴为原料,以钯为催化剂一步合成了2-(9-苯基芴基)-9,9′螺二芴(PF-SBF)。以PF-SBF作为有机发光二极管的发光及主体材料(FIrpic为磷光客体)时,观察到了不同于PF-SBF及FIrpic发光的红光带。这分别源于PF-SBF分子间的聚集和发光层/传输层诱导的激基复合物。通过选择合适的空穴和电子传输层,有效抑制了激基复合物的发光。同时,PF-SBF和TAPC双主体的结构不仅实现了纯FIrpic和Ir(ppy)3蓝光和绿光,还大幅提升了器件性能。蓝光、绿光器件的最大电流效率和最大亮度分达到16.7、50.5 cd·A^-1和7857 cd·m^-2(11 V)、23390 cd·m^-2(8 V)。另外,除了PF-SBF,利用相似的合成方法,我们也合成了2-(9-苯基芴基)-9,9′螺芴氧杂蒽(PF-SFX),其较大的三线态能级(2.8 eV)较PF-SBF更适合做蓝光主体。以TAPC和PFSFX为双主体的器件最大电流效率提升到了22.6 cd·A^-1。所有实验结果均表明,PF-SBF和PF-SFX是构建高效绿光/蓝光磷光主体材料的有效结构单元。     

Tetradentate Schiff base platinum(II) complexes as new class of phosphorescent materials for high-efficiency and white-light electroluminescent devices

The capabilities of readily prepared and sublimable Pt(II) Schiff base triplet emitters as OLED dopants have been examined; maximum luminous and power efficiencies and luminance of 31 cd A(-1), 14 lm W(-1), and 23,000 cd m(-2), respectively, and white EL (CIE: 0.33, 0.35) by simultaneous host/dopant emission, have been achieved.