Management of Delayed Fluorophor-Sensitized Exciton Harvesting for Stable and Efficient All-Fluorescent White Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Feng Ming Xie, Shi Jie Zou, Yanqing Li*, Lin Yang Lu, Rui Yang, Xin Yi Zeng, Guang Hui Zhang, Jingde Chen, Jian Xin Tang

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Abstract

White organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) using thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)-based single emissive layer (SEL) have attracted enormous attention because of their simple device structure and full exciton utilization potential for high efficiency. However, WOLEDs made of an all-TADF SEL usually exhibit serious efficiency roll-off and poor color stability due to serious exciton-annihilation and unbalanced radiative decays of different TADF emitters. Herein, a new strategy is proposed to manipulate the TADF-sensitized fluorescence process by combining dual-host systems of high triplet energy with a conventional fluorescent emitter of complementary color. The multiple energy-funneling paths are modulated and short-range Dexter energy transfer is largely suppressed due to the steric effect of peripheral tert-butyl group in the blue TADF sensitizer. The resulting all-fluorescent WOLEDs achieve an unprecedentedly high external quantum efficiency of 21.8% with balanced white emission of Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage coordinate of (0.292, 0.343), accompanied with good color stability, reduced efficiency roll-off, and prolonged operational lifetime. These findings demonstrate the validity of this strategy for precisely allocating the exciton harvesting in SEL WOLEDs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16736-16742
Number of pages7
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume12
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • color stability
  • sensitized fluorescent emitter
  • single emissive layer
  • thermally activated delayed fluorescence
  • white organic light-emitting diodes

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