Enhancing operational stability of OLEDs based on subatomic modified thermally activated delayed fluorescence compounds

Sinyeong Jung, Wai-Lung Cheung, Si-jie Li, Min Wang, Wansi Li, Cangyu Wang, Xiaoge Song, Guodan Wei (), Qinghua Song, Season Si Chen (), Wanqing Cai, Maggie Ng, Wai Kit Tang and Man-Chung Tang ()
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Sinyeong Jung: Tsinghua University
Wai-Lung Cheung: Tsinghua University
Si-jie Li: Tsinghua University
Min Wang: Tsinghua University
Wansi Li: Tsinghua University
Cangyu Wang: Tsinghua University
Xiaoge Song: Tsinghua University
Guodan Wei: Tsinghua University
Qinghua Song: Tsinghua University
Season Si Chen: Tsinghua University
Wanqing Cai: MSU-BIT University
Maggie Ng: Tsinghua University
Wai Kit Tang: University of Malaya
Man-Chung Tang: Tsinghua University

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract The realization of operationally stable blue organic light-emitting diodes is a challenging issue across the field. While device optimization has been a focus to effectively prolong device lifetime, strategies based on molecular engineering of chemical structures, particularly at the subatomic level, remains little. Herein, we explore the effect of targeted deuteration on donor and/or acceptor units of thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters and investigate the structure-property relationship between intrinsic molecular stability, based on isotopic effect, and device operational stability. We show that the deuteration of the acceptor unit is critical to enhance the photostability of thermally activated delayed fluorescence compounds and hence device lifetime in addition to that of the donor units, which is commonly neglected due to the limited availability and synthetic complexity of deuterated acceptors. Based on these isotopic analogues, we observe a gradual increase in the device operational stability and achieve the long-lifetime time to 90% of the initial luminance of 23.4 h at the luminance of 1000 cd m−2 for thermally activated delayed fluorescence-sensitized organic light-emitting diodes. We anticipate our strategic deuteration approach provides insights and demonstrates the importance on structural modification materials at a subatomic level towards prolonging the device operational stability.

Date: 2023
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