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The Photophysical Properties of Dipyrenylbenzenes and Their Application as Exceedingly Efficient Blue Emitters for Electroluminescent Devices
Author(s) -
Wu K.C.,
Ku P.J.,
Lin C.S.,
Shih H.T.,
Wu F.I.,
Huang M.J.,
Lin J.J.,
Chen IC.,
Cheng C.H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200700803
Subject(s) - electroluminescence , oled , pyrene , materials science , quantum efficiency , excimer , fluorescence , luminescence , photochemistry , optoelectronics , layer (electronics) , nanotechnology , chemistry , optics , organic chemistry , physics
Abstract Three blue‐light emitting dipyrenylbenzene derivatives, 1‐(4‐(1‐pyrenyl)phenyl)pyrene (PPP), 1‐(2,5‐dimethoxy‐4‐(1‐pyrenyl)phenyl)pyrene (DOPPP), and 1‐(2,5‐dimethyl‐4‐(1‐pyrenyl)phenyl)pyrene (DMPPP), have been prepared by the Suzuki coupling reaction of aryl dibromides with pyreneboronic acid in high yields. These compounds exhibit high glass‐transition temperatures of 97–137 °C and good film‐forming ability. As revealed from single‐crystal X‐ray analysis, these dipyrenylbenzenes adopt a twisted conformation with inter‐ring torsion angles of 44.5°–63.2° in the solid state. The twisted structure is responsible for the low degree of aggregation in the thin films that leads to fluorescence emission of the neat films at 446–463 nm, which is shorter than that of the typical pyrene excimer emission. The low degree of aggregation is also conducive for the observed high fluorescence quantum yields of 63–75%. In organic light‐emitting diode (OLED) applications, these dipyrenylbenzenes can be used as either the charge transporter or host emitter. The non‐doped blue OLEDs that employ these compounds as the emissive layer can achieve a very high external quantum efficiency (η ext ) of 4.3–5.2%. In particular, the most efficient DMPPP‐based device can reach a maximum η ext of 5.2% and a very high luminescence of 40 400 cd m –2 in the deep‐blue region with Commission Internationale d'Énclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.15, 0.11).