Volume 135, Issue 40 e202310047
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Introducing Spiro-locks into the Nitrogen/Carbonyl System towards Efficient Narrowband Deep-blue Multi-resonance TADF Emitters

You-Jun Yu

You-Jun Yu

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Zi-Qi Feng

Zi-Qi Feng

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Xin-Yue Meng

Xin-Yue Meng

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

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Long Chen

Long Chen

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

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Fu-Ming Liu

Fu-Ming Liu

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

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Dr. Sheng-Yi Yang

Dr. Sheng-Yi Yang

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

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Dr. Dong-Ying Zhou

Dr. Dong-Ying Zhou

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

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Prof. Liang-Sheng Liao

Prof. Liang-Sheng Liao

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Macao Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, 999078 Taipa, Macau SAR, China

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Prof. Zuo-Quan Jiang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Zuo-Quan Jiang

Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China

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First published: 18 August 2023
Citations: 3

Minor changes have been made to Figure 1 since its publication in Early View.

Abstract

The current availability of multi-resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) materials with excellent color purity and high device efficiency in the deep-blue region is appealing. To address this issue in the emerged nitrogen/carbonyl MR-TADF system, we propose a spiro-lock strategy. By incorporating spiro functionalization into a concise molecular skeleton, a series of emitters (SFQ, SOQ, SSQ, and SSeQ) can enhance molecular rigidity, blue-shift the emission peak, narrow the emission band, increase the photoluminescence quantum yield by over 92 %, and suppress intermolecular interactions in the film state. The referent CZQ without spiro structure has a more planar skeleton, and its bluer emission in the solution state redshifts over 40 nm with serious spectrum broadening and a low PLQY in the film state. As a result, SSQ achieves an external quantum efficiency of 25.5 % with a peak at 456 nm and a small full width at half maximum of 31 nm in a simple unsensitized device, significantly outperforming CZQ. This work discloses the importance of spiro-junction in modulating deep-blue MR-TADF emitters.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

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