New thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters and room-temperature organic long-persistent luminescence
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28/06/2021Author
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201708060003
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Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have attracted a lot of attentions because of their high performance in display applications. Organic emitters are still being developed to improve efficiency, colour gamut and sustainability, and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials are widely regarded as one of the most promising next-generation OLED emitters. To date, green TADF emitters have been developed, and the corresponding OLEDs show high light-emitting efficiency and long operation lifetimes. However, the performance of red and blue TADF OLEDs still lag their green-emitting counterparts. For this reason, this work focuses on developing new red and deep-blue TADF materials. A group of red and blue TADF emitters were designed and synthesized. Their photophysical properties and electroluminescence performance were also studied. In addition, it was found that doping some of these new emitters into common host materials, such as 2,8-bis(diphenyl-phosphoryl)dibenzo[b,d]thiophene (PPT), 2,2',2"-(1,3,5-Benzinetriyl)-tris(1-phenyl-1-H-benzimidazole) (TPBi) or poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), can lead to organic long-persistent luminescence (OLPL) lasting for thousands of seconds at room temperature. As traditional room-temperature OLPL materials are based on exciplex emitters, the new OLPL systems discovered here demonstrates that exciplex formation is not required for harvesting OLPL. This enables a wide range of host materials to be used including materials as simple as PMMA. Expanding this concept further, the author developed a method for large-scale PMMA-based OLPL sample fabrication to take full advantage of its low expense. This method gives thick (> 2 mm) and clear OLPL products, and all the required equipment is easily accessed in lab condition. Combining the flexible design of TADF emitters and mature PMMA industry, this work opens the ‘door’ of large-scale, colour tuneable and cost-efficient room-temperature OLPL materials. At the same time, the light-emitting properties and mechanism of these new OLPL emitters were studied, which provides a guideline for further OLPL emitter improvements.
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Thesis, PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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Embargo Date: 2023-03-03
Embargo Reason: Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Electronic copy restricted until 3rd March 2023
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