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A solution-processable near-infrared thermally activated delayed fluorescent dye with a fused aromatic acceptor and aggregation induced emission behavior

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posted on 2022-03-10, 14:12 authored by Daniel G Congrave, Bluebell H Drummond, Qinying Gu, Stephanie Montanaro, Haydn Francis, Víctor Riesgo-González, Weixuan Zeng, Campbell SB Matthews, Simon Dowland, Iain Wright, Clare P Grey, Richard H Friend, Hugo Bronstein
The unique synergy of properties offered by an efficient and processable near-infrared thermally activated delayed fluorescent (NIR TADF) dye could be transformative across research fields. Here, a solution-processable NIR TADF material is demonstrated (CAT-TPE). Good solubility is achieved through the use of a new tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based triphenylamine electron donor. TADF is confirmed through variable temperature time-resolved measurements at a peak photoluminescence (PL) wavelength of 842 nm in a solution-processed film. An OLED with good roll-off characteristics for a solution-processed NIR TADF device is reported with electroluminescence λmax > 700 nm. CAT-TPE also demonstrates classic aggregation induced emission (AIE) behavior, being more emissive when aggregated than in solution with all PL > 700 nm. This work opens the door to the considerably enhanced structural diversity of solution-processable NIR TADF and will inform the design of future high efficiency AIE NIR TADF materials.

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Herchel Smith fund

Control of spin and coherence in electronic excitations in organic and hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor structures

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable and Functional Nano

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Cambridge Trust

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RSC (grant no. RF19-2751)

Faraday Institution [grant numbers FIRG001 and FIRG024]

History

School

  • Science

Department

  • Chemistry

Published in

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Volume

10

Issue

12

Pages

4831-4836

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© The Royal Society of Chemistry

Publisher statement

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Materials Chemistry C and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc04753a.

Acceptance date

2022-01-04

Publication date

2022-01-07

Copyright date

2022

ISSN

2050-7526

eISSN

2050-7534

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Iain Wright. Deposit date: 9 March 2022