Zhang Yuan-Bo, Li Ya-Nan, Zhang Chun-Fang, Liu Jia-Bo, Li Jia-Rui, Bian Hao-Dong, Zhu Lian-Qing, Ou Jian-Zhen, Cui Lin-Song, Liu Yuan
Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Instrument, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, No. 12 xiaoying East Road, Beijing, 100192, China.
School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
Nanoscale. 2023 Sep 1;15(34):14249-14256. doi: 10.1039/d3nr02568c.
All fluorescence white organic light-emitting diodes (WOLEDs) based on thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters are an attractive route to realize highly efficient and high color quality white light sources. However, harvesting triplet excitons in these devices remains a formidable challenge, particularly for WOLEDs involving conventional fluorescent emitters. Herein, we report a universal design strategy based on a co-host system and a cascaded exciton transfer configuration. The co-host system furnishes a broad and charge-balanced exciton generation zone, which simultaneously endows the devices with low efficiency roll-off and good color stability. A yellow TADF layer is put forward as an intermediate sensitizer layer between the blue TADF light-emitting layer (EML) and the red fluorescence EML, which not only constructs an efficient cascaded Förster energy transfer route but also blocks the triplet exciton loss channel through Dexter energy transfer. With the proposed design strategy, three-color all fluorescence WOLEDs reach a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 22.4% with a remarkable color rendering index (CRI) of 92 and CIE coordinates of (0.37, 0.40). Detailed optical simulation confirms the high exciton utilization efficiency. Finally, by introducing an efficient blue emitter 5Cz-TRZ, a maximum EQE of 30.1% is achieved with CIE coordinates of (0.42, 0.42) and a CRI of 84 at 1000 cd m. These outstanding results demonstrate the great potential of all fluorescence WOLEDs in solid-state lighting and display panels.
所有基于热激活延迟荧光(TADF)发光体的荧光白色有机发光二极管(WOLED)都是实现高效、高色质白光源的一条有吸引力的途径。然而,在这些器件中捕获三重态激子仍然是一项艰巨的挑战,特别是对于涉及传统荧光发光体的WOLED。在此,我们报道了一种基于共主体系统和级联激子转移配置的通用设计策略。共主体系统提供了一个宽广且电荷平衡的激子产生区,这同时赋予器件低效率滚降和良好的颜色稳定性。提出了一个黄色TADF层作为蓝色TADF发光层(EML)和红色荧光EML之间的中间敏化剂层,这不仅构建了一条高效的级联Förster能量转移途径,而且通过Dexter能量转移阻断了三重态激子损失通道。采用所提出的设计策略,三色全荧光WOLED实现了22.4%的最大外量子效率(EQE),显色指数(CRI)高达92,CIE坐标为(0.37, 0.40)。详细的光学模拟证实了高激子利用效率。最后,通过引入高效蓝色发光体5Cz-TRZ,在1000 cd m时实现了30.1%的最大EQE,CIE坐标为(0.42, 0.42),CRI为84。这些优异的结果证明了全荧光WOLED在固态照明和显示面板中的巨大潜力。