A deep-blue-emitting heteroatom-doped MR-TADF nonacene for high-performance organic light-emitting diodes

Subeesh Madayanad Suresh; Le Zhang; David Hall; Changfeng Si; Gaetano Ricci; Tomas Matulaitis; Alexandra  M. Z. Slawin; Stuart Warriner; Yoann Olivier; Ifor  D. Samuel; Eli Zysman-Colman

doi:10.1002/anie.202215522

A deep-blue-emitting heteroatom-doped MR-TADF nonacene for high-performance organic light-emitting diodes

Subeesh Madayanad Suresh, Le Zhang, David Hall, Changfeng Si, Gaetano Ricci, Tomas Matulaitis, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Stuart Warriner, Yoann Olivier, Ifor D. Samuel^*, Eli Zysman-Colman^*

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Abstract

We present a p- and n-doped nonacene compound, NOBNacene, that represents a rare example of a linearly extended ladder-type multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) emitter. This compound shows efficient narrow deep blue emission, with a λ_PL of 410 nm, full width at half maximum, FWHM, of 38 nm, photoluminescence quantum yield, Φ_PL of 71 %, and a delayed lifetime, τ_d of 1.18 ms in 1.5 wt % TSPO1 thin film. The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) using this compound as the emitter shows a comparable electroluminescence spectrum peaked at 409 nm (FWHM=37 nm) and a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE_max) of 8.5 % at Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.173, 0.055). The EQE_max values were increased to 11.2 % at 3 wt % doping of the emitter within the emissive layer of the device. At this concentration, the electroluminescence spectrum broadened slightly, leading to CIE coordinates of (0.176, 0.068).

Original language	English
Article number	e202215522
Number of pages	8
Journal	Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume	62
Issue number	8
Early online date	16 Jan 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202215522
Publication status	Published - 13 Feb 2023

Keywords

Multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence
MR-TADF
Organic light-emitting diodes
OLEDs
Boron-doped acenes
Deep blue emission
Nanographene

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H2020 MSCA IF 2018 (Subeesh Suresh): H2020 MSCA IF 2018 (Subeesh Suresh )
Zysman-Colman, E. (PI)
European Commission Joint Research Centre
1/04/19 → 31/03/21
Project: Fellowship
TADF Emitters for OLEDs - Eli Zysman: TADF Emitters for OLEDs
Zysman-Colman, E. (PI)
EPSRC
1/03/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Standard
Blue-Emitting TADF Materials: Blue-Emitting TADF Materials for OLEDs Based on a Lewis Acid-Containing Acceptor
Zysman-Colman, E. (PI)
The Leverhulme Trust
1/08/16 → 30/04/22
Project: Standard

A Deep Blue Heteroatom Doped Nonacene That Exhibits MR-TADF and its Use as an Emitter in High-Performance Deep Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (dataset)
Madayanad Suresh, S. (Creator), Zhang, L. (Creator), Hall, D. L. S. (Creator), Si, C. (Creator), Ricci, G. (Creator), Matulaitis, T. (Creator), Slawin, A. M. Z. (Creator), Warriner, S. (Creator), Olivier, Y. (Creator), Samuel, I. D. W. (Creator) & Zysman-Colman, E. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 20 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.17630/bbf0fb10-6225-4422-8b0b-73c965e2e6ba
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Design and synthesis of red thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for OLEDs, sensors and bioimaging
Si, C. (Author), Zysman-Colman, E. (Supervisor), 29 Nov 2023
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)

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Madayanad Suresh, S., Zhang, L., Hall, D., Si, C., Ricci, G., Matulaitis, T., Slawin, A. M. Z., Warriner, S., Olivier, Y., Samuel, I. D., & Zysman-Colman, E. (2023). A deep-blue-emitting heteroatom-doped MR-TADF nonacene for high-performance organic light-emitting diodes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(8), Article e202215522. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202215522

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A deep-blue-emitting heteroatom-doped MR-TADF nonacene for high-performance organic light-emitting diodes

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H2020 MSCA IF 2018 (Subeesh Suresh): H2020 MSCA IF 2018 (Subeesh Suresh )

TADF Emitters for OLEDs - Eli Zysman: TADF Emitters for OLEDs

Blue-Emitting TADF Materials: Blue-Emitting TADF Materials for OLEDs Based on a Lewis Acid-Containing Acceptor

Datasets

A Deep Blue Heteroatom Doped Nonacene That Exhibits MR-TADF and its Use as an Emitter in High-Performance Deep Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (dataset)

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Design and synthesis of red thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for OLEDs, sensors and bioimaging

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