Yan Zhiping, Lin Jiaxin, Chen Qishen, Zhuang Xuming, Yuan Li, Li Zhiqiang, Wang Zhiheng, Zheng You-Xuan, Wang Yue, Bi Hai
Ji Hua Laboratory, No.28 Island Ring South Road, Foshan, 528200, P. R. China.
School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China.
Adv Mater. 2025 Aug 18:e11230. doi: 10.1002/adma.202511230.
Developing thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials with excellent chiroptical and photophysical properties is crucial for advancing optoelectronic applications. Herein, a chiral space conjugation strategy incorporating a typical [2.2]paracyclophane unit is proposed to construct a highly efficient chiral multi-resonant (MR) TADF emitter, R(S)-PCP-DBNO. Guided by the symmetry-matching rule, the molecular design achieves balanced contribution and optimal alignment of transition electric and magnetic dipole moments, resulting in a strong chiroptical response with a dissymmetry factor (|g|) exceeding 0.02. Meanwhile, owing to the special through-space conjugation, the enantiomer exhibits pure green emission with a peak at 526 nm, a narrow full-width at half-maximum of 26 nm, a Commission Internationale de I'Éclairage y coordinate of 0.70 and a quantum efficiency of 0.94 in toluene solution. When integrated into sensitized organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), R(S)-PCP-DBNO delivers a maximum luminance up to 241k cd·m, a maximum external quantum efficiency up to 29.4% and minimal efficiency roll-off. Furthermore, the devices demonstrate distinct circularly polarized electroluminescence, confirming the utility of this strategy for chiral MR-TADF emitters and circularly polarized OLEDs with simultaneous color purity, efficiency, and chiroptical functionality.
开发具有优异手性光学和光物理性质的热激活延迟荧光(TADF)材料对于推进光电子应用至关重要。在此,提出了一种结合典型[2.2]对环芳烷单元的手性空间共轭策略,以构建高效的手性多共振(MR)TADF发射体R(S)-PCP-DBNO。在对称匹配规则的指导下,分子设计实现了跃迁电偶极矩和磁偶极矩的平衡贡献和最佳排列,从而产生了不对称因子(|g|)超过0.02的强烈手性光学响应。同时,由于特殊的空间共轭,该对映体在甲苯溶液中呈现纯绿色发射,峰值波长为526 nm,半高宽为26 nm,国际照明委员会y坐标为0.70,量子效率为0.94。当集成到敏化有机发光二极管(OLED)中时,R(S)-PCP-DBNO的最大亮度高达241k cd·m,最大外量子效率高达29.4%,且效率滚降最小。此外,该器件表现出明显的圆偏振电致发光,证实了该策略对手性MR-TADF发射体和同时具有色纯度、效率和手性光学功能的圆偏振OLED的实用性。