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  • Highly Efficient Near‐Infra...
    Wang, Sheng Fu; Yuan, Yi; Wei, Yu‐Chen; Chan, Wei‐Hsiang; Fu, Li‐Wen; Su, Bo‐Kang; Chen, I‐Yun; Chou, Keh‐Jiunh; Chen, Po‐Ting; Hsu, Hsiu‐Fu; Ko, Chang‐Lun; Hung, Wen‐Yi; Lee, Chun‐Sing; Chou, Pi‐Tai; Chi, Yun

    Advanced functional materials, 07/2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 30
    Journal Article

    Near‐infrared organic light‐emitting diodes (NIR OLEDs) enable many unique applications ranging from night‐vision displays and photodynamic therapies. However, the development of efficient NIR OLEDs with a low efficiency roll‐off is still challenging. Here, a series of new heteroleptic Pt(II) complexes (1–4) flanked by both pyridyl pyrimidinate and functional azolate chelates are synthesized. The reduced ππ* energy gap of the pyridyl pyrimidinate chelate, and strong intermolecular interaction and high crystallinity in vacuum‐deposited thin films engender strong intermolecular charge transfer transition including metal–metal‐to‐ligand charge transfer; thereby, exhibiting efficient photoluminescence within 776–832 nm and short radiative lifetimes of 0.52–0.79 µs. Consequently, nondoped NIR‐emitting OLEDs based on these Pt(II) complexes are fabricated, to which Pt(II) complexes 2 and 4 give record high maximum external quantum efficiency of 10.61% at 794 nm and 9.58% at 803 nm, respectively. Moreover, low efficiency roll‐off is also observed, among which the device efficiencies of 2 and 4 are at least four times higher than that of the best NIR‐emitting OLEDs recorded at current density of 100 mA cm−2. Nondoped near‐infrared organic light‐emitting diodes based on pyrimidinate‐pyrazolate Pt(II) metal complexes 2 and 4 are fabricated, yielding a record high maximum external quantum efficiency of 10.61% at 794 nm and 9.58% at 803 nm, respectively.