Volume 137, Issue 8 e202420253
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Spiro-Carbon-Locking and Sulfur-Embedding Strategy for Constructing Deep-Red Organic Electroluminescent Emitter with High Efficiency

Yexuan Pu

Yexuan Pu

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Xinliang Cai

Xinliang Cai

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Yupei Qu

Yupei Qu

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Weibo Cui

Weibo Cui

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Linjie Li

Linjie Li

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Prof. Chenglong Li

Corresponding Author

Prof. Chenglong Li

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

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Dr. Yuewei Zhang

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Dr. Yuewei Zhang

Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 P. R. China

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Prof. Yue Wang

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Prof. Yue Wang

State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012 P. R. China

Jihua Laboratory, 28 Huandao South Road, Foshan, 528200, Guangdong Province P. R. China

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First published: 04 November 2024

Abstract

The discovery of multiple resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence (MR-TADF) materials with remarkable narrowband emission has opened a new avenue for the development of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with high color purity. However, the lack of construction strategies for purely red MR-TADF materials significantly impedes their application in full-color high-definition displays. Herein, we propose a unique and handy approach of spiro-carbon-locking and sulfur-embedding strategy to modify the parent MR-TADF framework, resulting in a red MR-TADF emitter with high color purity. The reported MR-TADF molecule (namely, FSBN) demonstrates a pure red emission with an emission maximum of 621 nm in toluene solution. The OLED with FSBN as emitter exhibits Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.67, 0.33), which exactly matches the red standard defined by the National Television Standards Committee (NTSC). Importantly, the single-host OLED achieves a high power efficiency (PE) of up to 50.1 lm W−1, suggesting the potential for the development of low power consumption red OLEDs.

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

Research data are not shared.

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