Lifetime-Extending 3-(4-Phenylbenzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-]pyrimidin-2-yl)benzonitrile Acceptor for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters.

Highly efficient and long-living green thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) were developed using benzothienopyrimidine-4-benzonitrile acceptor-derived compounds as the TADF emitters. A molecular design merging the benzothienopyrimidine-4-benzonitrile acceptor with either indolocarbazole or diindolocarbazole was employed to prepare two TADF emitters, 5-(2-phenylbenzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-]pyrimidin-4-yl)-2-(5-phenylindolo[3,2-]carbazol-12(5)-yl)benzonitrile and 2-(10,15-diphenyl-10,15-dihydro-5-diindolo[3,2-:3',2'-]carbazol-5-yl)-5-(2-phenylbenzo[4,5]thieno[3,2-]pyrimidin-4-yl)benzonitrile (BTPDIDCz), as the green and greenish-yellow emitters. Among the two emitters, BTPDIDCz with the diindolocarbazole donor combined with the benzothienopyrimidine-4-benzonitrile acceptor demonstrated a high external quantum efficiency of 24.5% and 3 times longer device lifetime than the state-of-the-art green emitter. This work proposed the potential of benzothienopyrimidine-4-benzonitrile as the acceptor for long lifetime in TADF emitters.