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Photo- and electroluminescent properties europium complexes using bistriazole ligands
Alexey N Gusev1, Victor F Shul'gin, Galina Nishimenko
1Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University, Simferopol 95007, Ukraine.
Abstract:
Luminescent properties of two heteroleptic dibenzoylmethanate europium(III) complexes with 1,3-bis(5-pyridin-2-yl-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)propane (H2L1) and 1,4-bis(5-pyridin-2-yl-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)butane (H2L2) as ancillary ligands are described. The two double-layer-type electroluminescent cells with the structures: (1) ITO/NPB(40 nm)/Eu(DBM)2HL1 (40 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (100 nm) and (2) ITO/NPB(40 nm)/Eu(DBM)2HL2 (40 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (100 nm) emit red light originating from the europium complexes. The device 2 gives the maximum brightness of 455 cd/m2 at 19.2 V.
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