Effect of Fluorination on the Properties of 9,9′-(Sulfonylbis(4,1-Phenylene))bis(3-(tert-Butyl)-6-Fluoro-9 H-Carbazole) as Host for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Emitters

Jamel, Nor Shafiq Mohd and Lin, Woon Kai and Abdwahab, Muhammad Kumayl and Volyniuk, Dmytro and Guzauskas, Matas and Supangat, Azzuliani and Nordin, Nurdiana and Nasir, F. H. Abd and Ghasemi, Melika and Bareikaite, Kamile and Monkman, Andrew and Seng, Tan Yee and Hing, Goh Bey and Grazulevicius, Juozas Vidas and Ariffin, Azhar (2024) Effect of Fluorination on the Properties of 9,9′-(Sulfonylbis(4,1-Phenylene))bis(3-(tert-Butyl)-6-Fluoro-9 H-Carbazole) as Host for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Emitters. ChemPhotoChem, 8 (10). ISSN 2367-0932, DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202400138.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202400138

Abstract

To enhance organic light emitting diode (OLED) performance, host materials with high triplet energies are crucial for confining excitons, despite increasing driving voltages due to the singlet-triplet energy gap. We synthesized sulfonylbis(4,1-phenylene)bis(3,6-disubstituted-9H-carbazole) derivatives as donor-acceptor-donor host materials, namely compounds 3, 5 and 7, with varying fluorination levels. These compounds show moderate singlet-triplet energy splitting and molecular dipole moments, allowing for fine-tuning of hole-transport mobilities, deeper frontier orbital energies, and a red shift in singlet emission while maintaining high triplet energy levels. These adjustments impact a range of physical, electronic and optical properties. The materials exhibit exceptional thermal stability, with decomposition starting above 400 degrees C and glass transition temperatures over 130 degrees C. Used with the green TADF emitter DACT-II, these hosts enable reverse intersystem crossing rates between 7.43x104 s(-1) and 1.77x105 s(-1). While OLEDs using mCP as a reference host achieve a maximum quantum efficiency of 18.5 %, those with host 5 show lower efficiency roll-off, leading to higher external quantum efficiency at brightness levels above 2000 cd/m(2) without colour shift. The reduced roll-off in devices with host 5 compared to mCP is attributed to effective F & ouml;rster and Dexter energy transfers to DACT-II at high currents, enhancing light emission pathways.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: efficiency roll-off; host; TADF; fluorination
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QC Physics
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2025 03:45
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2025 03:45
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46829

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