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Raquel Jiménez1, Olga Crespo1, M Concepción Gimeno1
1Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química Y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH). Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC Zaragoza e-50009, Spain.
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The influence of both the skeleton and substituents of the diphosphane in the photophysical properties of [Cu(NHC)(P^P)]PF6 TADF-phosphorescent emitters is investigated [NHC = Bz-Im-2-XPy (X = H, Cl)]. The study reveals that optimization of the diphosphane structure can boost quantum yields to as high as 85% using carbenes with simple structural frameworks or substituent wings. Remarkably, the diphosphane skeleton emerges as the most influential factor for controlling the quantum yield (Φ). None of the ΔE(S1-T1) energy gap, steric factors (buried volume percentage), or T1 energy alone seem to govern the observed Φ. These insights reveal new avenues for achieving high-performance TADF emitters through ligand engineering.
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