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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Photophysics

Background:

  • Amorphous purely organic phosphorescence materials with long-lived and color-tunable emission are scarce.
  • Developing such materials is crucial for advancing photoelectric applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a concise chemical ionization strategy for creating ultralong organic phosphorescence (UOP) in poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PVP) derivatives.
  • To achieve long-lived and color-tunable emission from amorphous organic phosphors under ambient conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Chemical ionization of 1,4-butanesultone.
  • Modification of poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PVP) to create PVP-S phosphor.
  • Characterization of phosphorescence properties, including lifetime and emission spectra.

Main Results:

  • The resulting PVP-S phosphor exhibited ultralong organic phosphorescence (UOP) with a lifetime of 578.36 ms, significantly longer than the pristine PVP.
  • Multicolor UOP emission, spanning from blue to red, was achieved by varying the excitation wavelength.
  • The UOP properties were observed under ambient conditions.

Conclusions:

  • The developed chemical ionization strategy effectively endows amorphous polymers with UOP properties.
  • This work provides a new guideline for designing amorphous polymers with tunable UOP for photoelectric applications.
  • The findings expand the potential of room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials.