Achievement of high efficiency with extremely low efficiency roll-off in solution-processed thermally activated delayed fluorescence OLEDs manufactured using xanthone-based bipolar host materials

Chae Yeong Kim; Chiho Lee; Hyung Jong Kim; Jinhyo Hwang; Mallesham Godumala; Ji Eun Jeong; Han Young Woo; Min Ju Cho; Sungnam Park; Dong Hoon Choi

doi:10.1039/d0tc01144d

Achievement of high efficiency with extremely low efficiency roll-off in solution-processed thermally activated delayed fluorescence OLEDs manufactured using xanthone-based bipolar host materials

Chae Yeong Kim, Chiho Lee, Hyung Jong Kim, Jinhyo Hwang, Mallesham Godumala, Ji Eun Jeong, Han Young Woo, Min Ju Cho, Sungnam Park, Dong Hoon Choi

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The use of soluble host materials and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters is indispensable for developing high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) by cost-effective solution processes. In this study, two bipolar hosts were designed as structural isomers, namely 3-(3,5-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)-9H-xanthen-9-one (Xp-mCP) and 2-(3,5-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)-9H-xanthen-9-one (Xm-mCP). The two host materials were synthesized by combining the unipolar host, 1,3-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)benzene (mCP) with 9H-xanthen-9-one as an electron-accepting moiety. The two hosts exhibit good solubility in various organic solvents and high triplet energy (E_T= 2.67 eV forXp-mCPandE_T= 2.82 eV forXm-mCP), which renders them suitable for t4CzIPN-containing solution-processable green TADF-OLEDs. The maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) values were 19.3% and 22.0% forXp-mCP- andXm-mCP-based green TADF-OLED, respectively. Among them, the device comprisingXm-mCPshowed an excellent efficiency roll-off behavior by displaying only a 4.5% decrease and 11.4% decrease at 1000 cd m^-2and 2000 cd m^-2, respectively. These results show the significant potential of xanthone-mCP host materials to develop solution-processable OLED technologies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6780-6787
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume	8
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc01144d
Publication status	Published - 2020 May 28

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Kim, C. Y., Lee, C., Kim, H. J., Hwang, J., Godumala, M., Jeong, J. E., Woo, H. Y., Cho, M. J., Park, S., & Choi, D. H. (2020). Achievement of high efficiency with extremely low efficiency roll-off in solution-processed thermally activated delayed fluorescence OLEDs manufactured using xanthone-based bipolar host materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8(20), 6780-6787. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc01144d

Achievement of high efficiency with extremely low efficiency roll-off in solution-processed thermally activated delayed fluorescence OLEDs manufactured using xanthone-based bipolar host materials. / Kim, Chae Yeong; Lee, Chiho; Kim, Hyung Jong et al.

In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 8, No. 20, 28.05.2020, p. 6780-6787.

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Kim, CY, Lee, C, Kim, HJ, Hwang, J, Godumala, M, Jeong, JE, Woo, HY, Cho, MJ, Park, S & Choi, DH 2020, 'Achievement of high efficiency with extremely low efficiency roll-off in solution-processed thermally activated delayed fluorescence OLEDs manufactured using xanthone-based bipolar host materials', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 8, no. 20, pp. 6780-6787. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc01144d

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