Highly efficient deep-blue organic electroluminescent devices (CIE_y ≈ 0.08) doped with fluorinated 9,9'-bianthracene derivatives (fluorophores)

摘要

A series of new fluorinated 9,9'-bianthracene derivatives (BAnFs) have been designed and synthesized to serve as deep-blue dopants in organic electroluminescent (EL) devices. With the different substitution patterns of the electron-withdrawing groups, such as F and CF3, the photophysical properties, the energy levels and thermal stability of these BAnFs are tuned, which are supported by a density functional study of their geometry and electronic structure. In the thin film state, the fluorescent emissions of the BAnFs are fine-tuned from 448 to 439 nm, with varied fluorinated phenyl rings attached to the 9,9'-bianthracene core. All the BAnFs show a considerable thermal stability, which have high T_g values, above 150 °C A pure blue emission at the Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates (0.156, 0.083), has been achieved using the host 4,4'-bis(N-carbazolyl)biphenyl (CBP) doped with 10,10'-bis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-9,9'-bianthracene (BAn-(3,5)-CF3). The maximum current efficiency and power efficiency of the BAn-(3,5)-CF3-doped device are 3.05 cd A~(-1) and 2.62 Im W~(-1), corresponding to 5.02% of the maximum external quantum efficiency. The synthesized new fluorinated 9,9'-bianthracene derivatives show potential applications as highly efficient pure blue emitters for organic light emitting devices.