Show simple item record

Files in this item

Thumbnail

Item metadata

dc.contributor.authorPal, Amlan Kumar
dc.contributor.authorCordes, David Bradford
dc.contributor.authorSlawin, Alexandra Martha Zoya
dc.contributor.authorMomblona, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorOrti, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorSamuel, Ifor David William
dc.contributor.authorBolink, Henk
dc.contributor.authorZysman-Colman, Eli
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-25T09:30:18Z
dc.date.available2016-10-25T09:30:18Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-17
dc.identifier.citationPal , A K , Cordes , D B , Slawin , A M Z , Momblona , C , Orti , E , Samuel , I D W , Bolink , H & Zysman-Colman , E 2016 , ' Synthesis, properties and Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell (LEEC) device fabrication of cationic Ir(III) complexes bearing electron-withdrawing groups on the cyclometallating ligands ' , Inorganic Chemistry , vol. 55 , no. 20 , pp. 10361-10376 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01602en
dc.identifier.issn0020-1669
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 245890091
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 5379c22d-4bd9-40f5-9f11-b2b505c239d2
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84992065870
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-5366-9168/work/28023967
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7183-6022/work/56639100
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-9527-6418/work/56861787
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-5677-5070/work/59464938
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000385785700051
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9696
dc.descriptionThe authors are grateful to the European Research Council (grant 321305), the EPSRC (EP/M02105X/1) and the University of St Andrews for financial support. C.M. thanks Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO, Spain) for her predoctoral contract.en
dc.description.abstractThe structure-property relationship study of a series of cationic Ir(III) complexes in the form of [Ir(C^N)2(dtBubpy)]PF6 [where dtBubpy = 4,4′-ditert-butyl-2,2′- bipyridine and C^N = cyclometallating ligand bearing an electron-withdrawing group (EWG) at C4 of the phenyl substituent, i.e. -CF3 ( 1 ), -OCF3 ( 2 ), -SCF3 ( 3 ), -SO2CF3 ( 4 )] have been investigated. The physical and optoelectronic properties of the four complexes were comprehensively characterized, including by X-ray diffraction analysis. All the complexes exhibit quasi-reversible dtBubpy-based reductions from -1.29 V to -1.34 V (vs. SCE). The oxidation processes are likewise quasi-reversible (metal+C^N ligand) and are between 1.54- 1.72 V (vs. SCE). The relative oxidation potentials follow a general trend associated with the Hammett parameter (σ) of the EWGs. Surprisingly, complex 4 bearing the strongest EWG does not adhere to the expected Hammett behavior and was found to exhibit red-shifted absorption and emission maxima. Nevertheless, the concept of introducing EWGs was found to be generally useful in blue-shifting the emission maxima of the complexes (λem = 484-545 nm) compared to that of the prototype complex [Ir(ppy)2(dtBubpy)]PF6 (where ppy = 2- phenylpyridinato) (λem = 591 nm). The complexes were found to be bright emitters in solution at room temperature (ΦPL = 45-66%) with long excited-state lifetimes (τe = 1.14-4.28 μs). The photophysical properties along with Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the emission of these complexes originates from mixed contributions from ligand-centered (LC) transitions and mixed metal-to-ligand and ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT/MLCT) transitions, depending on the EWG. In complexes 1 , 3 and 4 the 3LC character is prominent over the mixed 3CT character while in complex 2 , the mixed 3CT character is much more pronounced, as demonstrated by DFT calculations and the observed positive solvatochromism effect. Due to the quasi-reversible nature of the oxidation and reduction waves, fabrication of light emitting electrochemical cells (LEECs) using these complexes as emitters was possible with the LEECs showing moderate efficiencies.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInorganic Chemistryen
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 American Chemical Society. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.en
dc.subjectQD Chemistryen
dc.subjectTP Chemical technologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccQDen
dc.subject.lccTPen
dc.titleSynthesis, properties and Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell (LEEC) device fabrication of cationic Ir(III) complexes bearing electron-withdrawing groups on the cyclometallating ligandsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Chemistryen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. EaSTCHEMen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Condensed Matter Physicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01602
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/M02105X/1en


This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record