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Ru-Jia Wang¹, Yu-Lan Wu¹, Yu-Kang Li^1,2

¹School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.

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New through-space charge-transfer (TSCT) thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials offer improved blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). These novel emitters enhance efficiency and color purity for advanced display technologies.

Keywords:

blue emission organic light-emitting diodes spatial donor/acceptor interaction thermally activated delayed fluorescence through-space charge transfer

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Organic Electronics
Photophysics

Background:

Through-space charge-transfer (TSCT) thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters are promising for blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Existing TSCT-TADF materials face challenges with efficiency and color purity in the blue spectrum.

Purpose of the Study:

To design and synthesize novel asymmetric TSCT-TADF materials for high-performance blue OLEDs.
To investigate the structure-property relationships governing excited-state behavior and emission characteristics.
To address efficiency loss and concentration quenching in blue emitters.

Main Methods:

Synthesis of three asymmetric TSCT-TADF materials (CzTPT-PA, CzTPT-CIA, CzTPT-IA) using a dual donor/acceptor (D1/A/D2) architecture.
Molecular design incorporating dominant donor-acceptor interactions and auxiliary coupling effects in a sandwich-like π-stacked structure.
Fabrication and characterization of OLED devices utilizing the synthesized materials.

Main Results:

Achieved blue-shifted emission with high photoluminescence quantum yields.
Demonstrated blue electroluminescence with CIE coordinates (0.16, 0.27), (0.15, 0.18), and (0.15, 0.09).
Attained maximum external quantum efficiencies of 25.0% (CzTPT-PA), 15.5% (CzTPT-CIA), and 9.9% (CzTPT-IA).
The CzTPT-IA device exhibited deep-blue emission with high color purity.

Conclusions:

The developed dual donor/acceptor architecture and sandwich-like π-stacking effectively control excited-state properties for blue emission.
The synthesized materials overcome efficiency loss and concentration quenching, paving the way for high-performance blue OLEDs.
This strategy offers a pathway to advanced OLEDs with improved efficiency and precise color control.