Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
2. Key Laboratory of Rubber‐Plastics Ministry of Education Qingdao University of Science & Technology Qingdao 266042 China
Abstract
AbstractThermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials have attracted extensive attention because of their 100% theoretical exciton utilization. Solution‐processable orange‐red TADF polymers are one of indispensable participants. Herein, a series of orange‐red TADF polymers with dibenzothiophene (DBT) and carbazole (Cz) units as joint backbones are synthesized. Their performance can be successfully optimized by regulating the connection positions of DBT units through backbone engineering. It is found that the pNAI37 series with DBT units embedded in the polymeric backbones at the 3, 7 sites display a better performance than those connected at the 2, 8 sites. The optimal polymer, pNAI3705, exhibits a better excited state nature, leading to the photoluminescence quantum yield of 60%. Consequently, pNAI3705 based organic light‐emitting diodes reach a maximum external quantum efficiency of 20.16%, and maintain 10.61% at 500 cd m−2, which is in first tier among orange‐red polymers. These results unambiguously suggest the potential application of the combined DBT and Cz backbones in TADF polymers. This design strategy may provide a versatile approach for optimizing the properties of TADF polymers through backbone engineering.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
Subject
Electrochemistry,Condensed Matter Physics,Biomaterials,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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3 articles.
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