Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 20230470.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20230470

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Thermal Activation Delayed Fluorescence Materials Based on 2-Cyanopyridine Electron Receptors

WANG Qingsong1, ZHANG Fujun2, XU Huihui1, CHEN Sihan1, ZHANG Qianfeng1, TONG Bihai1,3(), CHEN Ping2(), KONG Hui1()   

  1. 1.Institute of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry,School of Metallurgy Engineering,Anhui University of Technology,Maanshan 243002,China
    2.Shandong College Laboratory of Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Optoelectronic Devices,Institute of Science and Technology for Opto?Electronic Information,Yantai University,Yantai 264005,China
    3.State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry,Nanjing University,Nanjing 210023,China
  • Received:2023-11-10 Online:2024-03-10 Published:2024-01-23
  • Contact: TONG Bihai, CHEN Ping, KONG Hui E-mail:tongbihai@ahut.edu.cn;chenping@ytu.edu.cn;konghui@ahut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21572001);the Anhui Special Support Plan, China(T000609);the Distinguished Professor of the Wanjiang Scholars Project of China

Abstract:

Four luminescent materials with 2-cyanopyridine as electron acceptor were synthesized, and the effects of different electron donors on the luminescent properties of these materials were investigated. In the single crystal structure of compound 5-(10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)picolinonitrile(PTPN), the intermolecular hydrogen bond between the pyridine ring and the C—H···π intermolecular interaction between the phenothiazine group form a coplanar molecular configuration between the pyridine ring and the thiophene group, causing its luminescence to blue-shift from 520 nm in the thin film to 400 nm. The luminescence wavelengths of four compounds in polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) thin films range from 434 to 520 nm. The photoluminescence quantum yields(PLQYs) of 5-(10H-phenoxazin-10-yl)picolinonitrile(PXPN), PTPN and 5-[9,9-dimethylacridin-10(9H)-yl]picolinonitrile(DAPN), which are thermally activated delayed fluorescence(TADF) emission, ranges from 0.17 to 0.57. Their delayed fluorescence lifetimes range from 4.1 to 5.3 μs. The values of ΔEST are between 0.045 and 0.069 eV. The PLQY of 5-(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl)picolinonitrile(BCPN) is 0.91, and its luminescence lifetime is 12.4 ns, indicating fluorescence emission. Electroluminescent device tests have shown that these materials emit green light. The device based on DAPN had the best overall device performance. The maximum brightness of the doped device can reach 2855 cd/m2, and the peak current efficiency(CE), power efficiency(PE) and external quantum efficiency(EQE) are 37.6 cd/A, 12.6 lm/W and 10.4%, respectively. The device based on BCPN has formed an efficient electroplex with a maximum brightness of 2367 cd/m2, and peak CE, PE and EQE are 29.3 cd/A, 11.5 lm/W and 9.4%, respectively. This study indicates that cyanopyridine receptors can form stable intermolecular hydrogen bonds and can be used for the development of TADF materials.

Key words: Thermally activated delayed fluorescence, Organic light emitting diode, Cyanopyridine, Electron acceptor

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