Design and Development of Highly Efficient Light-Emitting Layers in OLEDs with Dimesitylboranes: An Updated Review.

With excellent luminescent properties and transport properties, triarylborane compounds containing two mesitylenes (Mes) have gained much attention for their application in OLEDs as light-emitting layers. This study serves as an updated review summarizing recent developments in the design of fluorescent chromophores and phosphorescent host materials for OLEDs comprising small molecular compounds of dimesitylborane (BMes2 ) as luminescent layers, with attention to the performance of different light-emitting devices. Problems that need to be solved in the research and application of BMes2 in OLEDs are presented and the application prospects of such materials are suggested.

Synthesis, photoluminescence and electroluminescence properties of a new blue emitter with aggregation-induced emission and thermally activated delayed fluorescence characteristics.

The emitters with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) characteristics are in high demand in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) owing to their strong fluorescence and high exciton utilization under electrical excitation. Herein, a blue emitter, 10-(3-((3,5-di(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)sulfonyl)phenyl)-9,9-dimethyl-9,10-dihydroacridine (m-CZ-DPS-DMAC), was synthesized by incorporating carbazole as skeleton, acridine as electron donor, and diphenyl sulfone as electron acceptor. m-CZ-DPS-DMAC emits weak fluorescence in good solvent, while it is obviously enhanced in the aggregate state, which is typical of AIE molecules. Meanwhile, the energy levels of the singlet and triplet states (ΔEST) of the molecule is relatively small, and it also exhibits obvious temperature dependence and oxygen sensitivity, which directly proves its TADF properties. In view of the above properties, a series of non-doped and doped OLEDs were prepared using m-CZ-DPS-DMAC as light-emitting layers. Among them, non-doped OLED (device A) displays blue emission (488 nm) with the turn-on voltage (Von), the maximum luminance (Lmax), the maximum current efficiency (CEmax), the maximum power efficiency (PEmax) and the maximum external quantum efficiency (EQEmax) of 2.6 V, 3460 cd m-2, 26.09 cd A-1, 29.26 lm W-1 and 10.05%, respectively. Doped OLED (device C) constructed based on m-CZ-DPS-DMAC doped 30% in DPEPO shows the satisfactory performance with the maximum emission peak of 486 nm, the Von of 2.8 V, the Lmax of 4571 cd m-2, the CEmax of 21.37 cd A-1, the PEmax of 22.37 lm W-1, and the EQEmax of 9.44%, respectively. The outstanding performance of m-CZ-DPS-DMAC proves that it is a potential material for designing blue OLEDs with AIE-TADF properties.